Six Short Plays Author:John Galsworthy 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: HALL-MARKED The scene is the sitting-room and verandah of Her bungalow. The room is pleasant, and along the back, where the verandah runs, it seems all win... more »dow, both French and casement. There is a door right and a door left. The day is bright; the time morning. [herselp, dripping wet, comes running along the verandah, through the French window, with a wet Scotch terrier in her arms. She vanishes through the door left. A little pause, and Lady Ella comes running, dry, thin, refined, and agitated. She halts where the tracks of water cease at the door left. A little pause, and Maud comes running, fairly dry, stolid, breathless, and dragging a bulldog, wet, breathless, and stout, by the crutch end of her en-tout-cas]. Lady Ella. Don't bring Hannibal in till I know where she's put Edward ! Maud. [Brutatty, to Hannibal] Bad dog ! Bad dog ! Hannibal snuffles. Lady Ella. Maud, do take him out! Tie him up. Here ! [She takes out a lace handkerchief] No— something stronger! Poor darling Edward ! [To Hannibal] You are a bad dog 1 Hannibal snuffles. Maud. Edward began it, Ella. [To Hannibal] Bad dog ! Bad dog ! Hannibal snuffles. Lady Ella. Tie him up outside. Here, take my scarf. Where is my poor treasure ? [She removes her scarf] Catch ! His ear's torn; I saw it. Maud. [Taking the scarf, to Hannibal] Now ! Hannibal snuffles. [She ties the scarf to his collar] He smells horrible. Bad dog—getting into ponds to fight! Lady Ella. Tie him up, Maud. I must try in here. Their husbands, The Squire and The Rector, come hastening along the verandah. Maud. [To The Rector] Smell him, Bertie! [To The Squire] You might have that pond drained, Squire ! She takes Hannibal out, and ties him to the verandah. The Squire and Rector come in. Lady Ella is knocking on...« less