Heroine discovered in a pensive mood and an expensive gown.
Enter villain without knocking. He is no “knocker,” though he be a
villain.
“I have come for me answer!”
“Will you have it wrapped up?” she answers, a la Siegel-Cooper, and,
seizing a glass of wine, she dashes it in the villain’s face.
“Car-r-se the luck!” he yells. “The drinks are on me.”
Slow curtain to give the villain time to put on dry clothes for Act V.
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Now, instead of an elapse of nine years between acts four and five, I
have written the play in nine acts. That ought to prove an innovation.
Between acts seven and eight another innovation: coffee and rolls will
be served. The ushers will pass hot coffee and the curtain will come
down with a roll.
Between acts eight and nine morning papers will be distributed, and the
milkmen will be admitted free.
Now comes Act V.
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