Fatherhas taken a fancy to him for some reason. A
moment later Ezra Mannon enters fromleft, front. He wears a mustache similar to
Brants which serves toincrease their resemblance to each other.
To the left of the stand is a door leading into
Christines room. Iwould try to make up my mind exactly what that wall was but I
nevercould discover. Not but what she hasnt always been a dutiful wife, as far
asanyone knows.
You stealeven Fathers love from me
again!
Josiah Borden, the manager of the Mannon shipping
company, isshrewd and competent. A moment later Ezra Mannon enters fromleft,
front.
You dont want to be leftan old maid, do you? Why
cant allof us remain innocent and loving and trusting? It is around dawn of the
following morning.
His face, with the flickering candle light on its
side, has a grim,bitter _expression_.
A moment later Ezra Mannon enters fromleft,
front.
To the left of the stand is a door leading into
Christines room. It puts me out ofcommission while it lasts.
How often Ive heard that word in this
house!
And as for there having beengossip, thats nonsense!
A big four-poster bed is at rear,center, the foot front, the head against the rear
wall.
Leastways, love made angina kill him, if youtake my
meaning.
Further back,against the wall, is a bureau. Hazel
Niles comes out of the house to thehead of the steps.
Puritan maidens shouldntpeer too inquisitively into
Spring! A big four-poster bed is at rear,center, the foot front, the head against
the rear wall.
Hazel Niles comes out of the house to thehead of
the steps.
She stands,dazed and frightened and hesitating, as
if she had just awakened. A moment later Ezra Mannon enters fromleft,
front.
Isuppose you think youll be free to marry Adam now!
A smallstand, with a candle on it, is by the head of the bed on the left. Ive seen
dead menscattered about, no more important than rubbish to be got rid of. But does
defeat end in thevictory of death? Stop nagging at me with your
crazysuspicions!
She puts the pellet on histongue and presses the
glass of water to his lips. You made meappear a lustful beast in my own
eyes!
He is in the fifties, as ishis wife, a sallow,
flabby, self-effacing ministers wife. At left,front, is a table with a lamp on it
and a chair beside it.
The townwont find another as able as Ezra in a
hurry.
Only shes too Mannon to let anyone see what
shefeels.
Not but what she hasnt always been a dutiful wife,
as far asanyone knows.
So when he called here Icouldnt be rude, could I?