Volume Iii Part 44 (1/2)

[Simultaneously they place their lips smartly against the liquor, and at once let fall their faces and their gla.s.ses.]

CHIEF HUMBLE-MAN. [With great solemnity.] Crikey! Bill! Tea!

. . . . 'E's got us!

[The stage is blotted dark.]

Curtain.

THE END

THE MOB

A Play in Four Acts

PERSONS OF THE PLAY

STEPHEN MORE, Member of Parliament KATHERINE, his wife OLIVE, their little daughter THE DEAN OF STOUR, Katherine's uncle GENERAL SIR JOHN JULIAN, her father CAPTAIN HUBERT JULIAN, her brother HELEN, his wife EDWARD MENDIP, editor of ”The Parthenon”

ALAN STEEL, More's secretary JAMES HOME, architect

CHARLES SHELDER, Solicitor

A deputation of More's MARK WACE, bookseller

const.i.tuents WILLIAM BANNING, manufacturer

NURSE WREFORD WREFORD (her son), Hubert's orderly HIS SWEETHEART THE FOOTMAN HENRY A DOORKEEPER SOME BLACK-COATED GENTLEMEN A STUDENT A GIRL

A MOB

ACT I. The dining-room of More's town house, evening.

ACT II. The same, morning.

ACT III. SCENE I. An alley at the back of a suburban theatre.

SCENE II. Katherine's bedroom.

ACT IV. The dining-room of More's house, late afternoon.

AFTERMATH. The corner of a square, at dawn.

Between ACTS I and II some days elapse.

Between ACTS II and III three months.

Between ACT III SCENE I and ACT III SCENE II no time.