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Page 95
Horace Dabney . Fra Soderström . Charles F. Hammersley , And other guests . The action takes place in the great drawing - room of Peter Magnus ' New York mansion , Washington Square North , in the fall of eighteen seventy - one .
Horace Dabney . Fra Soderström . Charles F. Hammersley , And other guests . The action takes place in the great drawing - room of Peter Magnus ' New York mansion , Washington Square North , in the fall of eighteen seventy - one .
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( The curtains open to a great bulk , Mr. Horace Dabney , once a seaman . He has a massive blocked Presbyterian head , with a flowing brown beard , as full and curly as an Assyrian bull's . He is dressed in black , of necessity ill ...
( The curtains open to a great bulk , Mr. Horace Dabney , once a seaman . He has a massive blocked Presbyterian head , with a flowing brown beard , as full and curly as an Assyrian bull's . He is dressed in black , of necessity ill ...
Page 109
DABNEY : The lady of the house ? FLORA : You wish to look at rooms ? DABNEY : It will not be necessary . Any room you have free will do for the present . FLORA ( who hardly looks at him ) : There is a room for sixteen dollars .
DABNEY : The lady of the house ? FLORA : You wish to look at rooms ? DABNEY : It will not be necessary . Any room you have free will do for the present . FLORA ( who hardly looks at him ) : There is a room for sixteen dollars .
Page 110
DABNEY ( brushes back his sleeve and prepares to write with all the flourishes of old - fashioned penmanship ) : Well , well . We'll try it . FLORA ( watching him , suddenly exclaims ) : You have it , too ! DABNEY ( starts ) : What ?
DABNEY ( brushes back his sleeve and prepares to write with all the flourishes of old - fashioned penmanship ) : Well , well . We'll try it . FLORA ( watching him , suddenly exclaims ) : You have it , too ! DABNEY ( starts ) : What ?
Page 111
DABNEY : I'm sorry , girl . I can do nothing . Think of other things . I'm not a seaman any more . They don't speak to me any more . I've done something they don't like . FLORA ( passionately ) : It wouldn't hurt you to humble yourself ...
DABNEY : I'm sorry , girl . I can do nothing . Think of other things . I'm not a seaman any more . They don't speak to me any more . I've done something they don't like . FLORA ( passionately ) : It wouldn't hurt you to humble yourself ...
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