Five Little
Five Little Plays
作者：Sutro, Alfred, 1863-1933
体例：题 章数：126
字数：109,615 来源：Project Gutenberg
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章节目录
共 126 题- FIVE LITTLE PLAYS
- FIVE LITTLE PLAYS
- BY ALFRED SUTRO
- CONTENTS
- THE MAN IN THE STALLS
- A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED....
- THE MAN ON THE KERB
- THE OPEN DOOR
- THE BRACELET
- THE MAN IN THE STALLS
- A PLAY IN ONE ACT
- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- THE MAN IN THE STALLS
- WALTER. Better than being a stockbroker's clerk--you believe _me!_
- WALTER. [_Making a futile effort to get up._] Betty--
- WALTER. Has it ever occurred to you--
- WALTER. [_Fretfully._] Oh, why should we--
- WALTER. [_Harshly._] We needn't--
- WALTER. [_Sulkily._] I haven't--
- WALTER. [_With a bitter shrug._] Love--
- BETTY. [_Clinging to him._] We could go to Australia--anywhere--
- WALTER. It's not for her money that I--
- WALTER. It's not that. But you see--
- BETTY. To-morrow you'll go to her--or to-night perhaps--
- WALTER. [_Very embarrassed._] Yes--I mean--
- WALTER. Don't you think that I--
- HECTOR. [_Staring stupidly at her._] He has been--
- BETTY. [_In abject panic._] Hector--
- WALTER. [_Dropping the pen and half rising._] I won't--
- BETTY. [_Beside herself, wringing her hands._] Hector, Hector--
- HECTOR. [_Staring at her, stopping dead short._] You--
- HECTOR. By Jove, and I felt it! For two pins I'd have--
- BETTY. I'll go and see her to-morrow--see her constantly--
- WALTER. I think I--
- CURTAIN
- A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED....
- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED....
- ALINE. [_Bewildered and offended._] Mr. Crockstead! This--this is--
- CROCKSTEAD. I am aware, for instance, that this is your ninth season--
- ALINE. [_Embarrassed._] I--I--
- CROCKSTEAD. Your father--
- ALINE. [_In extreme surprise._] What! [_She rises._
- ALINE. Ah--
- CROCKSTEAD. [_Moving to the fireplace._]
- CROCKSTEAD. The most repulsive--
- ALINE. I?
- ALINE. Yes. And, as regards the rest--
- CROCKSTEAD. Because she has not yet--
- CROCKSTEAD. If you are not betraying a confidence--
- ALINE. To a fat and wealthy widow--
- CROCKSTEAD. India? [_He moves towards her._]
- CURTAIN
- THE MAN ON THE KERB
- A DUOLOGUE
- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- TIME--_The present_
- SCENE--_Their home in the West End_
- THE MAN ON THE KERB
- MARY. A lady gave Minnie some food--
- MARY. Took her into the pastrycook's, Joe--
- MARY. We've done nothing to deserve it, Joe--
- MARY. [_Edging to him._] Joe--
- MARY. [_Stealing nervously to him and laying a hand on his arm._] Joe--
- JOE. You--
- MARY. Yes--
- JOE. [_Weighing it mechanically._] Yes--it's heavy--
- MARY. We can get the poor little thing some warm clothes, some good food--
- MARY. [_Impatiently._] Never mind that--
- JOE. [_Humbly._] I don't know--
- JOE. [_Under his breath._] I suppose it is, somehow--
- MARY. There's no room for us in this world--
- JOE. If I'd taken that money--
- MARY. You've met them before--they always refuse--
- JOE. That's better than--
- THE CURTAIN SLOWLY FALLS
- THE OPEN DOOR
- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- THE OPEN DOOR
- LADY TORMINSTER. [_Hesitating._] I don't know--
- LADY TORMINSTER. And, if you find that you really cannot come back--
- LADY TORMINSTER. Two years in China--
- LADY TORMINSTER. [_Nodding_] Yes, I knew. Although--
- SIR GEOFFREY. In a year--or two--or three--
- SIR GEOFFREY. You loved him--
- CURTAIN
- THE BRACELET
- A PLAY IN ONE ACT
- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
- TIME--_The present_
- THE BRACELET
- WILLIAM. They always say it's the unlikeliest places--
- MARTIN. [_Bustling about._] Must be, must be. She says--
- MARTIN. [_Reprovingly._] William, I've told you before--
- MARTIN. You didn't notice whether--
- SMITHERS. No. Don't you think if we moved _all_ the rugs--
- HARVEY. It must be here _somewhere._
- MRS. WESTERN. I _know_ I had it while I was drinking my coffee--
- SMITHERS. Yes, m'm. [_She and_ WILLIAM _go._
- MARTIN. Oh yes, madam. If I _might_ make a suggestion--
- JUDGE. [_With a step forward._] Now, admirable sister--
- HARVEY. [_Deprecatingly._] My dear--
- JUDGE. [_Cheerfully._] If you insist--
- MRS. BANKET. But, Alice, she'll have gone out--you told her she might--
- HARVEY. [_Firmly._] Alice, I protest, I do indeed--
- MARTIN. Yes, madam. [_He goes._
- HARVEY. [_Going nervously to_ MRS. WESTERN.] I say, I really do think--
- HARVEY. No, no--
- HARVEY. [_Breathless and urgent._] Alice--
- JUDGE. [_Stepping forward._] Alice, be careful--
- HARVEY. Alice, I declare to you--
- MRS. WESTERN. Come now--confess! I won't be hard on you if you confess--
- MRS. BANKET. Nonsense, nonsense, it can't be--he's just saying this--
- MRS. WESTERN. Yes, a lie. A trumped-up story. The girl has taken it--
- JUDGE. [_Putting out a hand to stop her._] Alice--
- HARVEY. [_Imploringly._] Alice, Alice--
- MARTIN. [_Eagerly._] Ma'am, ma'am, we've found the--
- HARVEY. But you are insinuating--I declare solemnly before you all--
- MRS. WESTERN. If the girl doesn't go to-night--
- HARVEY. Because--[_He stops, very embarrassed._]
- MRS. WESTERN. Good-bye, Fanny. I'm sorry that our party to-night--
- MRS. WESTERN. [_Conciliatorily._] Ask Tom, ask any one--
- MISS FARREN. Mrs. Western, my things are packed, and on the cab--
- HARVEY. [_Breathless, staggering back._] You--are--going--
- MRS. WESTERN. If you should ever need a reference, don't be afraid to--
- THE CURTAIN FALLS