Chamber Dramas for Children Author:George Macdonald Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CINDERELLA, OR THE GLASS SLIPPER. ACT I. SCENE I. A Dressing-room. Lucretia, Arabella, Cinderella. - ; - Lucretia. ELL! I wonder how much lo... more »nger we shall have to wait for that child ? Here we have been sitting ever since the hairdresser left Ara. I dare say she is only staring at herself in the glass. Do you know, Lu- cretia, I believe she thinks herself pretty, the little ape! Lue. [ With stamp of the foot.] I'm tired of waiting. Just ring the bell, Arabella, we shall be late for the ball! Enter Cinderella with dresses on her arm. Cin. Oh! I am so sorry, sisters, I've been so long. I hope you haven't been waiting for me. Ara. Waiting! Why, what did you expect us to be doing ? Dressing ourselves, I suppose, while you "were admiring yourself in the glass. Cin. You forget, I think, how long it takes to iron such dresses as these: besides, I had to clear away dinner; and to make up the firer to get you some tea before you go out. Luc. Oh! yes, you are so good, are you not ? We'll have you sainted in the next holy calendar. Come, get my shoes, and take my boots away; and mind they are cleaned before you go to bed to-night! A ra. Come, child, how slow you are! I want my dress fastened—this minute. [Lucretia pushes Cinderella down. She begins to cry. Luc. Yes, that's right; you are very much hurt, ar'n't you. Ara. What a baby you are! You'll make your eyes red, and you've no beauty to lose, I can tell you. Luc. I wonder whether you know what a fright you are. Cin. I am sure it would not matter to any one if my eyes were ever so red. Luc. The fact is, you haven't work enough. Arabella, we had better give her something to do while we are out. Mend those six pairs of black stockings before to-morrow. If not done, remember—...« less