The Servant in the House

WALTER HAMPDEN

"There's a lot o' brothers knockin' abaht as people don't know on, eh what? See wot I mean?"

ORIGINAL CAST OF CHARACTERS IN THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE BY CHARLES RANN KENNEDY

AS PRESENTED BY

THE HENRY MILLER ASSOCIATE PLAYERS

THE SAVOY THEATRE, NEW YORK

ON MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1908

A PLAY OF THE PRESENT DAY, IN FIVE ACTS, SCENE INDIVIDABLE SETTING FORTH THE STORY OF ONE MORNING IN THE EARLY SPRING

JAMES PONSONBY MAKESHYFTE, D.D., The Most Reverend, The Lord Bishop of LancashireMr. ARTHUR LEWIS THE REVEREND WILLIAM SMYTHE, Vicar,Mr. CHARLES DALTON AUNTIE, the Vicar's WifeMiss EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON MARY, their nieceMiss MABEL MOORE MR. ROBERT SMITH, a gentleman of necessary occupation,Mr. TYRONE POWER ROGERS, a page-boyMr. GALWEY HERBERT MANSON, a butlerMr. WALTER HAMPDEN

Time — An early morning in Spring.

Place — An English country vicarage.

CHARACTERS REPRESENTED JAMES PONSONBY MAKESHYFTE, D.D. The Most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lancashire THE REVEREND WILLIAM SMYTHE The Vicar AUNTIE The Vicar's Wife MARY Their niece MR. ROBERT SMITH A gentleman of necessary occupation ROGERS A page-boy MANSON A butler

TIME: Now

PLACE: Here

THE SCENE

The scene, which remains unchanged throughout the play, is a room in the vicarage. Jacobean in character, its oak-panelling and beamed-ceiling, together with some fine pieces of antique furniture, lend it an air of historical interest, whilst in all other respects it speaks of solid comfort, refinement, and unostentatious elegance. Evidently the room of a rich man, who has, however, apparently come to some compromise on the difficult question of his entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven; for the panelled walls possess, among other decorations, a richly ornamented crucifix, a Virgin and Child by an old master, certain saints in ecstasy, and a really remarkable modern oil-painting of the Divine Author of our religion.

The main door of the room is at the back of the stage, somewhere towards the middle; it opens upon a hall, at the further side of which one may perceive, through the open door of another room, a goodly collection of well-bound and learned-looking volumes — the vicar's library. At the present moment these tomes of wisdom are inaccessible, as the library door is blocked up with unsightly mounds of earth, sewer-pipes, and certain workmen's implements. The fact is, the vicarage has been greatly disturbed of late, owing to a defect in the drainage — an unsavory circumstance which receives further and regretful explication in the play itself.

Returning, then, to the room, one may see, in addition to the main door described above, another door, to the right of stage, and near to the audience. The curious may be glad to learn that this leads into a drawing-room, and incidentally affords one more means of communication with the house. Another exit is provided on the opposite side of the stage [left], where a couple of lofty French windows lead out into the garden. Above the drawing-room door is a fine old Jacobean mantel-piece: a fire burns brightly in the grate. To the left of the main door at the back is a long, low, mullioned window, through which one may see a blue sky, a thatched top or two of cottages, and the gray old tower of the church. Through the French windows are seen a gravel-walk, a lawn, trees, and a sun-dial.

Of the essential furniture of the scene, there may be mentioned: sideboard to right of main door; table, right-centre of stage, with chairs; arm-chair by fireplace; settee, left, towards front; and a long oak stool in the window.

The various properties are described or implied in the text of the play.

THE FIRST ACT As the curtain ascends, Rogers and Manson are discovered laying the table for breakfast, the lad being at the upper end of the table, facing the audience, Manson, with his back to the audience, being at the lower end. Rogers is an ordinary little cockney boy in buttons; Manson is dressed in his native Eastern costume. His face is not seen until the point indicated lower down. ROGERS [glancing across curiously].

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 36 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 128 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 84 chars .

MANSON [quietly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

[He goes to the sideboard and busies himself with serviettes, mats, etc.] ROGERS.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 113 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

ROGERS [scratching his head].

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

[ROGERS, enticed of Satan, has conveyed a furtive spoonful of jam towards his mouth.]

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

ROGERS [scared].

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 77 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

[ROGERS drops the spoon and moves mournfully away from temptation.] ROGERS.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 49 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

[He turns for the first time. His face is one of awful sweetness, dignity, and strength. There is the calm of a great mastery about him, suited to his habit as a servant.] ROGERS.

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 89 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

ROGERS [after a pause].

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars .

ROGERS [suddenly sentimental].

Contains 34 words in 5 sentences using 179 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 20 words in 5 sentences using 89 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 32 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars .

[The VICAR'S voice is heard off.] VICAR.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

[He enters hurriedly from door, right, watch in hand. He has on his cassock and biretta.]

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars .

[As he goes up stage, left of table, MANSON comes down, right, with serviettes. The VICAR wheels round slowly, facing him. Observing his astonishment, ROGERS steps forward with explanation.] ROGERS.

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

MANSON [looking at him].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

[He hands him a small silver paten upon which there is a piece of bread.] VICAR [Taking it mechanically].

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 104 chars .

[He begins to break the bread into fragments whilst talking.] MANSON.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

Contains 48 words in 1 sentence using 277 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars .

VICAR [after a pause].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

[The VICAR stands thoughtful for a moment. He places the paten on the table, beside him.] VICAR [slowly].

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

[Rapt in thought, the VICAR takes his profferred hand mechanically.]

[MARY enters. She is a slim young girl in her teens, the picture of rosy sweetness and health.]

MARY.

Contains 25 words in 8 sentences using 129 chars .

MANSON [kissing it].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MARY [embarrassed, blurting].

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARY.

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars .

MARY.

Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 172 chars .

[She is looking MANSON in the face. He returns her gaze curiously.] MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MARY.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MARY.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars .

MANSON [dryly].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MARY.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

MARY.

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 125 chars .

MANSON [unimpressed].

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MARY.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 91 chars .

MANSON [quietly].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

MARY [with prodigious solemnity].

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

[MANSON is now up stage between the two.] MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

VICAR [fervently].

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

[MANSON regards him calmly for a moment: then he turns inquiringly towards Mary.] MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

VICAR [quickly].

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

VICAR [shortly].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MANSON [resuming his work at the table].

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 119 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 99 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

[He hands him the bread which, among those necessities, he has forgotten. The VICAR looks at him a moment in troubled thought, and then goes out, followed by ROGERS.] ROGERS [at door].

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

[They go over to the settee: she plumps herself down, gathering her legs up into a little bunch. He seats himself beside her.]

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARY.

Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 142 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

MARY [hotly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MARY [with conviction].

Contains 42 words in 4 sentences using 194 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MARY.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MARY [fearfully].

Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 189 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MARY.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 79 chars .

MARY.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MARY [after a pause].

Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 216 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

MARY [eagerly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MANSON [solemnly].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[MARY pauses before speaking: then she says, slowly.] MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars .

[MANSON regards her silently for a moment.] MANSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

MARY.

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 112 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 62 chars .

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MARY.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

MARY.

Contains 51 words in 4 sentences using 266 chars .

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARY.

Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 274 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MARY.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

MARY.

Contains 45 words in 4 sentences using 204 chars .

Contains 33 words in 1 sentence using 169 chars .

Contains 81 words in 5 sentences using 404 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

MARY.

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 126 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MARY.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars .

Contains 59 words in 4 sentences using 287 chars .

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 149 chars .

MANSON [anticipating the critics].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARY.

Contains 30 words in 5 sentences using 145 chars .

[She fishes it out from her pocket. MANSON reads it aloud, slowly and clearly.] MANSON.

Contains 23 words in 4 sentences using 124 chars .

MARY [pointing].

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

Contains 68 words in 4 sentences using 336 chars .

[She breaks off suddenly, gazing at him; for his eyes have taken a strange fire.] MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MARY [falteringly].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 3 sentences using 8 chars .

MANSON [softly].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MARY [in a whisper].

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

[He is interrupted by the great bell of the church, which tolls the Sanctus. After the third stroke, he continues.]

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

MARY.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 63 chars .

[Enter AUNTIE in a négligée morning gown. She has a preoccupied air. She carries her husband's coat over her arm.] AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars .

MARY [hugging her].

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

[MARY takes the coat to the fire.]

Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 182 chars .

MARY [at the fire, looking up].

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

AUNTIE [absorbed].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

MARY [chuckling].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 80 chars .

MANSON [at the window].

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 136 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 254 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 27 words in 5 sentences using 159 chars .

MARY [reluctantly].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

[She goes out by the main door.] AUNTIE [laughing].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 190 chars .

[A double knock is heard at the outer door.]

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 31 chars .

[MANSON goes out. AUNTIE takes a look at the coat: rearranges the flowers, humming, meanwhile, "The Church's One Foundation"; and then stands impatiently awaiting MANSON'S reappearance. Presently he returns with a letter on server.] MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

[She breaks open the letter and reads it eagerly.]

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars .

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

[MANSON goes to the door. As he opens it, the VICAR and ROGERS reappear.] MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars .

VICAR [entering].

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

[MANSON goes out.]

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[ROGERS helps him off with the cassock.]

Contains 22 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

VICAR [more graciously].

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

[ROGERS helps him on and goes out. The cassock is left lying on the long stool by the window.]

[The VICAR crosses moodily to the fireplace. AUNTIE stands undecided, watching him, the letter in her hand.]

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

[He looks up.]

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

AUNTIE [moving over to him and stroking his hair].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

AUNTIE [alarmed].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

VICAR [suddenly facing her].

Contains 118 words in 12 sentences using 547 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 42 words in 6 sentences using 211 chars .

[He sinks into a chair, and buries his face in his hands.] AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

VICAR [breaking down].

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

[She stands above him, hesitating. After a moment, she says, determinedly.] AUNTIE.

Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 206 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 142 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars .

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 174 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 45 words in 6 sentences using 221 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

[There is a long silence. Then the VICAR speaks in a low, intense voice of bitter contempt.] VICAR.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars .

VICAR [ironically].

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars .

AUNTIE [warmly].

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 102 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

VICAR [as though stung].

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

[They stand below the table, one on either side, tense with passion. They remain so.]

[MANSON and ROGERS come in with the breakfast. ROGERS goes out immediately.]

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

Contains 0 words in 0 sentences using 0 chars .

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

[There is heard a loud Ringing of the Bell — a bishop at the very least. All three heads turn automatically.]

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

[He goes out by the main door.] AUNTIE [rapidly].

Contains 82 words in 8 sentences using 407 chars .

[The VICAR makes a gesture of anguish.]

Contains 69 words in 5 sentences using 355 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars .

[MANSON re-enters. They look at him inquiringly.] MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 85 chars .

[MANSON goes out.]

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

[She goes out by the door to the right, as MANSON begins to turn the handle of the other door.] MANSON [outside].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

[The VICAR braces himself up and turns towards the door with an effort at cordiality.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

[Enter ROBERT SMITH and MANSON. ROBERT'S costume is a navvy's, the knees tied with string.] ROBERT [grimly].

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

[The VICAR stands as though stricken.]

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

[The VICAR wavers a moment, and then staggers out silently through the door, right. ROBERT watches him off with a look of iron. He pays no heed to MANSON, who stands quite close to him, on the left.]

Contains 43 words in 5 sentences using 185 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

[ROBERT turns and looks into his face for the first time as the curtain slowly falls on the First Act.]

THE SECOND ACT As the curtain rises, the scene and situation remain unchanged. Presently, Robert, having completed his inspection of the other's face and costume, moves away with a characteristic interjection. ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

Contains 26 words in 6 sentences using 140 chars .

[MANSON has helped him off with his coat, and now hands him the cassock.]

Contains 29 words in 5 sentences using 126 chars .

[He watches MANSON suspiciously as he places his coat before the fire to dry.]

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 69 chars .

[MANSON prepares a place for him at the table, and pours out a cup of tea, etc.]

Contains 36 words in 5 sentences using 182 chars .

[He sits and devours whilst MANSON breaks and hands him bread, waiting upon him.]

Contains 70 words in 6 sentences using 324 chars .

[After a moment's reflection, he makes fresh onslaught upon the sausages. Presently he looks up.]

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 60 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

ROBERT [largely].

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

[MANSON obeys.]

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

[ROBERT'S cutlery bristles up like bayonets.] ROBERT.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars .

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars .

MANSON [after a pause].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROBERT [roughly].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROBERT [sullenly].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

[MANSON notes the evasion with a glance. He helps ROBERT to more tea, and waits for him to speak. ROBERT wriggles under his gaze, and at last he says, reluctantly.]

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars .

Contains 117 words in 8 sentences using 579 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 126 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

ROBERT [truculently].

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

Contains 29 words in 1 sentence using 140 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 167 chars .

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 171 words in 10 sentences using 798 chars .

Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 101 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

ROBERT [grudgingly].

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 105 chars .

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROBERT [with a thumb-jerk).

Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 151 chars .

[There is a very loud Ringing of the Bell.]

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 40 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 40 words in 2 sentences using 182 chars .

[ROGERS enters. On seeing them at the table, he is apparently troubled with his inside.] ROGERS.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

ROGERS [awed].

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MANSON [imperturbably].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[He is; and goes out.] ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

[MANSON nods his head to each inquiry.]

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 86 chars .

Contains 0 words in 0 sentences using 0 chars .

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

BISHOP [peering closely into his face, the other edging away].

Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 33 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars .

ROBERT [with conviction].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

ROBERT [louder].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

BISHOP [fixing his ear-trumpet].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

BISHOP [mistaking the gesticulation].

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 111 chars .

[He sits at the table without ever having perceived MANSON, who has nevertheless been serving him.] ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

[Throughout the play the audience will understand where the BISHOP does, and where he does not, hear by his use or non-use of the ear-trumpet. Perhaps the reader will be good enough to imagine these occasions for himself, as he may have observed a reluctance on the part of the author to encumber the text with stage directions.] BISHOP [eating, and at the same time addressing the becassocked ROBERT].

Contains 63 words in 4 sentences using 406 chars .

ROBERT [gesticulating].

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

BISHOP [warming].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 28 words in 6 sentences using 159 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 167 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

ROBERT [with a flap at the trumpet].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 198 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 108 chars .

ROBERT [mildly sarcastic].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 110 chars .

[He gropes blindly for bread.] ROBERT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 242 chars .

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

[MANSON has been offering him bread for some time. He has just tumbled to the fact of his presence. He rises.]

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 83 chars .

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

[MANSON gravely fixes the ear-trumpet in his ear.] ROBERT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

MANSON [through the trumpet].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

[They do so. The BISHOP looks to MANSON to begin. MANSON, failing him, the spirit begins to work within himself.]

Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 273 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 143 words in 8 sentences using 771 chars .

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 111 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 20 words in 6 sentences using 114 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 88 words in 5 sentences using 476 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars .

MANSON [calmly].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 94 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 170 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

MANSON [seriously].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

[He wipes the inside of the ear-trumpet, and fixes it afresh.]

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

[During the following speech the BISHOP is occupied with his own thoughts: after the first few words he makes no attempt at listening: indeed, the trumpet goes down to the table again in no time. On the other hand, ROBERT, at first apathetic, gradually awakens to the keenest interest in what MANSON says.] MANSON [very simply].

Contains 49 words in 5 sentences using 262 chars .

BISHOP [in a hoarse whisper, self-engrossed].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 79 words in 4 sentences using 406 chars .

BISHOP [trumpet down].

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 143 words in 4 sentences using 803 chars .

[There is a short silence, broken only by the champing jaws of the BISHOP, who has resumed his sausages. ROBERT speaks first.] ROBERT [slowly].

Contains 25 words in 6 sentences using 152 chars .

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

ROBERT [rising, he pulls off the cassock; goes to fire for his coat: returns: drags it on].

Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 94 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

[He alludes to the ear-trumpet. MANSON obeying, ROBERT jabs it into the ear of the BISHOP, who seems quite surprised.]

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars .

[He goes out through the main door, repentant.] BISHOP.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 85 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 89 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 175 chars .

BISHOP [emphatically].

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 112 chars .

Contains 34 words in 4 sentences using 175 chars .

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 172 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

BISHOP [delighted].

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 288 chars .

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 222 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 138 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

[He looks around to assure himself that they are alone.]

Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 152 chars .

Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 144 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 135 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 36 words in 2 sentences using 217 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 106 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 231 chars .

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 65 words in 6 sentences using 350 chars .

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON [slowly].

Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 112 chars .

BISHOP [quickly].

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 84 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

[Enter AUNTIE and VICAR by door to right.] AUNTIE [off].

Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 105 chars .

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

[MANSON has risen, and is now the butler once more. He speaks into the ear-trumpet.] MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

BISHOP [behind table, rising].

Contains 37 words in 6 sentences using 211 chars .

Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 162 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars .

BISHOP [testily].

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[He stands cogitating horribly until the end of the act, facing towards MANSON.] AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANSON [with his eye].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars .

[A change comes over her face, as the curtain, slowly falls.]

THE THIRD ACT. As the curtain rises, the scene and situation remain unchanged; but attention now centres in the Bishop, who appears to be struggling apoplectically for speech. BISHOP [bursting].

Contains 63 words in 5 sentences using 357 chars .

ALL.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 37 words in 6 sentences using 193 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MANSON [crossing].

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

BISHOP [following].

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars .

[They go into the drawing-room, right, MANSON holding the door for the other to pass.] VICAR.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 35 chars .

AUNTIE [preoccupied].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 180 chars .

AUNTIE [slowly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 19 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 203 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 75 words in 2 sentences using 378 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 134 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 151 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 24 words in 6 sentences using 117 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

[The slightest pause. The scene takes on another complexion.] VICAR.

Contains 35 words in 5 sentences using 151 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 88 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 70 words in 5 sentences using 374 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 120 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 72 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

VICAR [slowly].

Contains 33 words in 1 sentence using 161 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 235 chars .

AUNTIE [after a moment].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 73 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 92 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

[The thought troubles her for a moment: then she paces up and down in agitated rebellion.] AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 52 words in 2 sentences using 271 chars .

[She suddenly stands still, struck by the echo in his last phrase.]

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars .

AUNTIE [thoughtfully].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

[Re-enter MANSON from door, right. He carries a five-pound note in his hand.] MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

[She goes to the drawing-room door, her head anxiously turned towards MANSON.] VICAR [at the door].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

[They both go out, MANSON watching them. He then moves up to the fire, and burns the five-pound note. He watches the flames leap up as he speaks.] MANSON.

Contains 64 words in 5 sentences using 361 chars .

[He comes down to the middle of the room. MARY enters eagerly. Seeing him alone, she gives a little cry of gladness.] MARY.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MARY.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

[She comes to his out-stretched arms. He folds her to his heart, facing the audience.]

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

[MANSON having rung the bell, they begin to remove the breakfast things. MARY employs herself with the crumb-scoop.]

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars .

Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 74 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars .

[ROGERS enters whilst he gives this command.] ROGERS.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MARY [brightly].

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

ROGERS [with reservation].

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

ROGERS [lugubriously].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

MARY [loading him up].

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 180 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 40 words in 8 sentences using 211 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 85 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

[ROGERS obeys with some asperity of mien. At the door he delivers a Parthian shot.] ROGERS.

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars .

[MANSON opens the door for him. He goes.] MARY [gayly].

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

[There is a sudden pause. He comes down to her.]

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

MARY.

Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 162 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MARY.

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 123 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MARY.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 54 words in 3 sentences using 254 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

MARY.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars .

Contains 29 words in 1 sentence using 137 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

[ROGERS re-enters.] MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 54 words in 3 sentences using 272 chars .

[He delivers this with distinct hauteur. MANSON, smiling, goes up to him and takes his head in his hands.] MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

ROGERS [taken aback].

Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 38 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

[They go out like brothers, MANSON'S arm round the lad's shoulders.]

[MARY is left seated on the table, chuckling at the situation. Suddenly her face becomes serious again: she is lost in thought. After a while she speaks softly to herself.]

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 6 sentences using 65 chars .

[Her face flames with the sudden inspiration.]

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

[ROBERT enters by the main door. The child turns round, and, seeing him, gives a startled little cry. They stand facing each other, silent. Presently ROBERT falters.] ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[She moves swiftly to the bell.] ROBERT.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MARY [trying to save the sinner].

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 42 chars .

[He advances to the table: she edges away.]

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

[ROBERT sinks stricken into the chair behind him.] ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MARY [relenting].

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MARY.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 79 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 102 chars .

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 51 words in 7 sentences using 229 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 118 chars .

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[She resumes her seat, turning it towards him, the passion of salvation in her eyes.]

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars .

MARY [glad in the consciousness of "being used"].

Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 107 chars .

ROBERT [a little stupidly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MARY.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars .

[This coincides with his experience: he says so.] ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 96 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MARY.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MARY.

Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

ROBERT [roughly].

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MARY.

Contains 32 words in 5 sentences using 137 chars .

ROBERT [passionately].

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 39 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

MARY.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

[There is a second's pause.] MARY.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

ROBERT [brokenly].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

[She goes towards him: they face each other.]

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

[He stands looking at her.]

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

[He turns away from her.] ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

MARY.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 53 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

ROBERT [hollowly, without variation].

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

[MARY sits down beside him.] MARY [thoughtfully].

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

MARY.

Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 82 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars .

MARY [quickly].

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

ROBERT [after a moment].

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

ROBERT [with a ray of brightness].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars .

[He looks at her curiously.] ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MARY.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 90 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

MARY [slowly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 115 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

MARY.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 51 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

MARY.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 4 sentences using 24 chars .

Contains 72 words in 7 sentences using 359 chars .

[She turns away her face. ROBERT rises heavily.] ROBERT.

Contains 54 words in 7 sentences using 246 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MARY.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars .

[At the door, he turns.]

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[She runs to him and offers her hand. He takes it.] MARY.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

[He goes out.]

[She shuts the door after him, and turns a wretched little face towards the audience as the curtain falls.]

THE FOURTH ACT As the curtain rises, the scene and situation remain unchanged. After a moment, Mary comes down to the settee, left, and buries her face in the cushions, weeping. Shortly, the handle of the drawing-room door is turned, and from within there emerges a murmur of voices, the Vicar's uppermost. VICAR [within].

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars .

[The voices continue confusedly: MARY rises quickly and goes into the garden.]

[The VICAR enters and goes to the mantel-piece weariedly: a moment later, AUNTIE.]

BISHOP [within].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

AUNTIE [entering].

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

[She closes the door upon the BISHOP'S grunts, and comes to the middle of the room.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

[He looks at her curiously.]

Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 240 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars .

Contains 127 words in 6 sentences using 705 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 89 chars .

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 1 sentence using 111 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 229 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 98 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 102 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 88 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 75 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 57 words in 1 sentence using 318 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 224 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 97 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

AUNTIE [now thoroughly afraid].

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 163 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 74 words in 2 sentences using 416 chars .

AUNTIE [roused].

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 64 words in 5 sentences using 313 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 141 chars .

AUNTIE [determinedly].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 52 words in 3 sentences using 233 chars .

AUNTIE [with deadly quietness].

Contains 35 words in 1 sentence using 177 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

AUNTIE [still calmly].

Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars .

[They look at each other steadily for a moment, neither yielding.] VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

AUNTIE [quietly].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 91 chars .

AUNTIE [fearfully].

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

[MARY re-enters from the garden.] MARY.

Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 60 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

AUNTIE [quickly].

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

MARY.

Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 107 chars .

AUNTIE [troubled].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

MARY.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 84 chars .

VICAR [searchingly].

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

AUNTIE [falteringly].

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

[There is a short silence. The VICAR looks at AUNTIE.] VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

[He stands silent, troubled. MARY crosses him, going to AUNTIE.]

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars .

[She sits to left of him, on the settee. AUNTIE is down stage on the other side of him.]

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars .

MARY [passionately].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars .

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

MARY.

Contains 52 words in 4 sentences using 270 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

MARY.

Contains 46 words in 2 sentences using 240 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 117 words in 8 sentences using 550 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MARY.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

MARY.

Contains 48 words in 2 sentences using 246 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

MARY.

Contains 40 words in 3 sentences using 192 chars .

[There is a short silence.] VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

MARY.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 56 chars .

VICAR [slowly].

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

MARY.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

[The VICAR ponders this for a moment.] AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars .

[For a moment this unnerves him. Then setting his teeth together, he faces his task stubbornly.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars .

MARY.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MARY.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

MARY [rapturously].

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

VICAR [in an agony].

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 86 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

MARY [snuggling up to him].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

VICAR [freeing himself].

Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 147 chars .

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 51 words in 2 sentences using 282 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 55 words in 3 sentences using 263 chars .

MARY.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

AUNTIE [passionately].

Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

MARY.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

MARY [turning towards him].

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 14 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars .

MARY.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

[She perceives the evasion.] MARY.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars .

[She stands looking at him piteously.] AUNTIE.

Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 152 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 139 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

[There is a long pause.] MARY.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars .

[She goes out into the garden. They follow her out with their eyes.] VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 65 chars .

[AUNTIE considers this for a moment. Then, with sudden determination, she rises.] AUNTIE.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars .

[She moves briskly across to the bell.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

AUNTIE. [flashing round passionately, before she can ring the bell].

Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 87 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

[She rings the bell.]

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 55 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 94 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 41 words in 5 sentences using 214 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 117 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

[Enter MANSON by the main door. There is a subtle change in the manner of him, a look in his eye, as of the servant merging in the master.] MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 104 chars .

MANSON [eying her].

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

[He has the air of a judge. She hurries on, unheeding.] AUNTIE.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 154 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

AUNTIE [touched].

Contains 38 words in 3 sentences using 192 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 3 sentences using 20 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 154 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 33 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars .

AUNTIE [delighted].

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 130 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

AUNTIE [embarrassed].

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 54 chars .

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 72 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

[MANSON still points. She wavers as in a dream, and at length moves mechanically across the room, obeying him.] MANSON.

Contains 65 words in 4 sentences using 320 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 76 chars .

AUNTIE [faintly].

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 144 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 174 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 146 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 68 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 131 chars .

AUNTIE [desperately].

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 17 chars .

[She falters a few moments: then, utterly broken down, she whispers, feebly.] AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars .

[The BISHOP enters from the drawing-room. He carries a letter in his hand.] BISHOP.

Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 243 chars .

Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 17 chars .

[MANSON has tapped his ear, peremptorily: he fixes his ear-trumpet.] MANSON.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 41 chars .

[He blows down the ear-trumpet, and afterwards wipes it very carefully with his handkerchief. MANSON stands, as though carven in marble, waiting for him to fix it again.]

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 7 words in 4 sentences using 54 chars .

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

MANSON [pointing to the fire].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 12 words in 4 sentences using 65 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

BISHOP.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

[She turns away from him as from some horror of sin. The BISHOP stands dumfounded for a moment or two: then he boils over.]

Contains 134 words in 17 sentences using 690 chars .

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 68 chars .

[He bounces up to the door, but turns back again for a last word with MANSON.]

Contains 52 words in 3 sentences using 249 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 107 chars .

[He opens the door, his eyes flashing.] BISHOP.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars .

[He stumps out. MANSON closes the door after him, barring it, as it were, with his great left arm. He lifts the other arm slowly, as commanding silence. After a moment the front door is heard slamming noisily.]

[AUNTIE sinks, weeping, upon the settee. The VICAR goes over to comfort her. The uplifted hand of MANSON assumes the BISHOP'S sign of blessing as the curtain slowly falls.]

THE FIFTH ACT

As the curtain rises, the scene and situation remain unchanged.

[There is heard a Ring of the Bell. All three turn their heads, alert.]

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars .

AUNTIE [hand on his arm, apprehensively].

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

[He goes out, closing the door softly.] VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 130 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 114 chars .

VICAR [making a movement].

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 156 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars .

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 165 chars .

[Enter MARY from the garden.]

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

MARY.

Contains 110 words in 6 sentences using 554 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars .

MARY.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 117 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 28 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 10 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 22 chars .

Contains 50 words in 2 sentences using 244 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars .

MARY [simply].

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 17 chars .

MARY.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 2 sentences using 16 chars .

MARY.

Contains 90 words in 4 sentences using 462 chars .

VICAR [with determination].

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 85 chars .

[ROGERS enters, his face betraying signs of his morning's affliction.] ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars .

VICAR [impatiently].

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 18 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 70 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars .

ROGERS.

Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars .

[There is a general rapturous excitement.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars .

ROGERS [flabbergasted].

Contains 4 words in 3 sentences using 25 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

[ROGERS'S cosmos is fast slipping away: he crawls abjectly to the door: his hand on the knob, he turns once more a face of bewildered inquiry upon the VICAR, who snaps his fingers impatiently.] ROGERS [with a sickly smile].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

[Opening the door, he whines.]

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

[ROBERT enters, amply fulfilling the lad's description. The latter lags out, nauseated with the world.]

[ROBERT stands up stage, in the middle: AUNTIE and VICAR, down stage, one on either side. MARY with her aunt.]

ROBERT.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 59 chars .

[They make a movement as towards him.]

Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 81 chars .

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 105 chars .

[MARY goes up to him.]

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

MARY.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 127 chars .

[MARY'S face, as she returns, bears the first dawn of an idea. The VICAR lifts a hand of warning to AUNTIE.] VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 72 words in 3 sentences using 330 chars .

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

AUNTIE [involuntarily].

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars .

MARY.

Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

AUNTIE [breathlessly].

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 118 words in 4 sentences using 533 chars .

MARY [self-consciously].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 11 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 184 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 150 chars .

AUNTIE [fascinated].

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

ROBERT [warming].

Contains 46 words in 2 sentences using 224 chars .

MARY.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 75 words in 7 sentences using 345 chars .

Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars .

ROBERT [burning with enthusiasm, and manifestly affected by her appreciation].

Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 171 chars .

MARY.

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 19 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

[A splendid rapture infects them all.] ROBERT.

Contains 64 words in 4 sentences using 308 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 4 sentences using 31 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 82 words in 6 sentences using 415 chars .

Contains 34 words in 3 sentences using 161 chars .

ALL.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 15 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 24 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 93 chars .

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars .

[They hang on his words expectantly.]

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

ALL [breathlessly].

Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ALL.

Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 12 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars .

MARY.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 13 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 74 words in 7 sentences using 335 chars .

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 35 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 75 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 54 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars .

VICAR [feverishly].

Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 21 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 45 words in 8 sentences using 237 chars .

[He tears off his parson's coat and collar, casting them furiously aside. He rolls up his sleeves.]

Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars .

[There is a silence. Then ROBERT speaks with slow consideration.] ROBERT.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars .

[A slight pause. Then ROBERT, dropping into a quite ordinary tone, says.] ROBERT.

Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars .

MARY [inspired].

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

MARY.

Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 50 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 7 chars .

MARY [simply].

Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars .

MARY [going up to him].

Contains 20 words in 1 sentence using 111 chars .

ROBERT.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars .

[They embrace each other.] VICAR.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars .

AUNTIE.

Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 9 chars .

[They form a kind of cross.]

[MANSON and ROGERS re-enter with table-cloth, etc., for lunch.]

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars .

[They lay the cloth, as it were with ceremonial gravity, MANSON being at the upper end of the table. They pay no heed to the others, who watch them interestedly.] ROBERT.

Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars .

[ROGERS brings vase from sideboard and places it on the VICAR'S side of the table. MANSON removes it to a more communal position. Presently looking up, he sees the group to his left watching him.]

Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 80 chars .

VICAR.

Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars .

[MANSON deliberates with the flowers before he speaks.] MANSON.

Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars .

[The VICAR crosses towards him.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars .

[MANSON looks at him over the flowers.] MANSON.

Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars .

[The VICAR steps back, gazing at him. After a moment he gasps.] VICAR.

Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars .

MANSON.

Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars .

[He holds out his hand. The VICAR takes it, sinking to his knees and sobbing as one broken yet healed.]

[The curtain descends slowly.]

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