Pique
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Excerpt from Pique: A Play of to-Day, in Five Acts Scene. - The Conservatory at Grassmere, a country seat on the Hudson. A night in August. Music heard off, as if from parlors beyond. Padder, a waiter, enters, R. 1 E., carrying a tray, with ices, etc. At back, company dancing. Padder. I wouldn´t be paid to dance on such a night. Hot enough carrying these ices and iced sherries. [Looks around.] Glass o´ wine, Padder? [Same buisness.] Thank´ee, if nobody´s looking, I will! [Same business.] He, he. [Empties one of the glasses.] If I´ve took one of them, to-night, I´ve smouched a dozen. Dr. Gossitt enters C. - type of old family physician; Pad. sees him and is embarrassed - with glass in his hand, which he finally puts in his pocket. Doctor. [As if heated, from ball-room.] Whew! Thermometer eighty-eight, and rising! Ah! my good man, you come very seasonably. [Takes an ice and begins to eat, sitting on c. seat.] Pad. I wouldn´t like to take a contract to cool him off. Exits c., passing Lucille, who enters C. R. Doc. [L., seated.] Not a bad place, this, for a quiet reverie. Lucille, [R. C.] No, my dear Doctor, not a bit of it. [She comes forward; a fashionable young widow.] Doc. [L.] [Rising quickly.] Eh! - Oh! Not a bit of what, Mrs. Renfrew? Luc. Of seclusion from me or my guests, hermit that you are. Doc. At least let me have the evening to myself. To-morrow there will be work enough. First, there will be your headache - then Mabel´s headache - and then the usual colics in the servants´ hall, after a night of unlimited heeltaps and ice cream slops. Luc. First, then, my dear Doctor, I shall have no headache to-morrow, because I must look after Mabel, and secondly, Mabel will be as sprightly as a lark, because - [Pauses.] About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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