UNA. A girl
GEORGE COXEY. A conductor
MR. BRAITHEWAITE. A financier
JARVIS. A butler
TIME: Between to-day and to-morrow.
SCENE: A room in the Braithewaite mansion, richly but tastefully
furnished. Among these furnishings it is necessary for the play to note,
besides the door at the back, only the table that stands a little to the
right of the centre of the room, with a statue on it, and three chairs
which stand, one to the right, one to the left, and one in the middle.
It is a winter afternoon, and the room is illuminated by invisible
lights.
Enter UNA, followed by GEORGE COXEY. UNA is a charming, fashionable
girl of twenty with a suave blend of will and poise. GEORGE COXEY is a
handsome, well-built, magnetic-looking youth of about twenty-five. He is
dressed in the garb of a street-car conductor and carries the cap in his
hand. Although somewhat inconvenienced and preoccupied with the novelty
of his surroundings and his situation, he remains, in the main, in
excellent self-possession, an occasional twinkle in his eye showing that
he is even quietly alive to a certain humor in the adventure. Above all,
his attitude is that rare one, which we like to feel typical of American
youth, of facing an unusual situation firmly, and seeing and grasping
its possibilities quickly.
He stands near the door, waiting, examining the room and warming his
hands, while UNA goes to the bell and rings it and then proceeds to the
mirror to primp a little. When she is finished she turns and notices
him.