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      The Facts in the CaseCAST OF CHARACTERS
    • MRS. AGNES GROSVENOR, A Young Widow
    • Miss MILLICENT CAMP, Her Friend
    • MATHILDE, Her Maid
    • JOHN ARMSTRONG, A Suitor
    • PETER TWINE, A Policeman

TIME — LATE AUTUMN: TWILIGHT.

COSTUMES, MODERN.

TIME IN REPRESENTATION, ONE HOUR

SCENE. — The library in AGNES GROSVENOR'S New York residence. At back , C., a wide doorway supposed to lead into hall. At back , R., a dismantled cozy nook with screen half unfolded against the wall. At corner, back L. tall cabinet. Two windows at L. with closed blinds, supposed to look out upon street. Door at R. A wire must be conspicuously placed from doors to windows. Pictures on walls draped in gauze. Ditto chandelier. Chairs in linen covering. Statuettes swathed in muslin. Book-shelves covered with sheets. Furniture ranged against walls with exception of small divan near front R. and table down C. to L. The room has unmistakable air of having been closed for season. No curtains at windows or doors, but poles over all. Room in half-light at rise of curtain. Enter AGNES followed by MATHILDE, R. Traveling costume, thickly veiled, out of breath . AGNES steps to C. with hand on heart and halts . MATHILDE stands at door laden down with bags and shawl-strap, surveying her mistress .
AGNES.

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 82 chars.

MATHILDE.
( interrupting )

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 25 words in 5 sentences using 154 chars.

MATHILDE.
( lets one bag drop, gives a shrill scream, and hops aside )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 51 words in 4 sentences using 304 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 94 chars.

AGNES.
( shrieks hastily )

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 4 chars.

AGNES.
( coming forward and taking off veil. Looks about with expression of dismay )

Note: Contains 157 words in 18 sentences using 762 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 16 chars.

AGNES.
( hops over it )

Note: Contains 18 words in 4 sentences using 105 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 148 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 98 chars.

AGNES.
( reconsidering )

Note: Contains 22 words in 5 sentences using 121 chars.

MATHILDE.
( almost collapsing; gasping and faint )

Note: Contains 40 words in 2 sentences using 204 chars.

AGNES.
( eagerly )

Note: Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 179 chars.

( Exit MATHILDE, after depositing the bag at back L. near cabinet .)
AGNES.

Note: Contains 156 words in 12 sentences using 815 chars.

MATHILDE.
( from below, in a voice of wretchedness )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

AGNES.
( hops over wire, going to back R.)

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 125 chars.

MATHILDE.
( interrupting )

Note: Contains 50 words in 3 sentences using 223 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 154 chars.

MATHILDE.
( resignedly )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

AGNES.
( coming to front C.)

Note: Contains 143 words in 15 sentences using 683 chars.

MATHILDE.
( muffled voice outside )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

AGNES.
( tone of fright )

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 6 chars.

MATHILDE.
( politely )

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 57 chars.

AGNES.
( comes down C. Coming forward; irritably )

Note: Contains 97 words in 13 sentences using 495 chars.

MATHILDE.
( tone of despair )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

AGNES.
( imperturbably; without rising )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

MATHILDE.
( appearing at back C. disheveled and white with fright )

Note: Contains 9 words in 4 sentences using 42 chars.

AGNES.
( springing up in terror and clutching MATHILDE'S arm )

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

MATHILDE.
( panting and coming front with AGNES clinging to her )

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 74 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 13 words in 5 sentences using 68 chars.

MATHILDE.
( wildly )

Note: Contains 81 words in 16 sentences using 349 chars.

AGNES.
( in horror, coming front to clutch MATHILDE again )

Note: Contains 48 words in 5 sentences using 218 chars.

MATHILDE.
( in supreme contempt )

Note: Contains 19 words in 5 sentences using 92 chars.

AGNES.
( gaspingly )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

( Both women scream and, clinging together, cower to extreme R., holding skirts tight and looking frantically at the floor .)
AGNES.
( shrieking and pulling MATHILDE to extreme L.)

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 37 chars.

MATHILDE.
( wildly )

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 13 chars.

AGNES.
( pointing )

Note: Contains 12 words in 3 sentences using 56 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 10 words in 5 sentences using 50 chars.

AGNES.
( miserably )

Note: Contains 22 words in 6 sentences using 115 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 140 chars.

AGNES.
( tone of recovered authority and cold dignity )

Note: Contains 48 words in 2 sentences using 261 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 68 words in 9 sentences using 320 chars.

MATHILDE.
( turning back after having started toward door R.)

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

AGNES.
( sententiously )

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 112 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 2 sentences using 14 chars.

AGNES.
( going to table and bending over candle )

Note: Contains 251 words in 39 sentences using 1271 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 229 words in 25 sentences using 1126 chars.

AGNES.
( hoarse whisper from behind screen )

Note: Contains 64 words in 8 sentences using 300 chars.

JOHN.
( sotto voce )

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 98 chars.

AGNES.
( head appearing above screen )

Note: Contains 60 words in 9 sentences using 291 chars.

JOHN.
( whisper )

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 183 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 123 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 81 chars.

AGNES.
( appearing above rim of screen. She must be supposed to be standing on seat of cozy nook. The screen gives lurch forward, and in recovering herself she gives a hoarse cry ).

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 6 chars.

JOHN.
( stepping out from concealment )

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

AGNES.
( aside, trembling )

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 119 chars.

JOHN.
( roughly )

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

AGNES.
( shivering )

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

JOHN.
( violently )

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

AGNES.
( hoarsely )

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

JOHN.
( with sudden recoil )

Note: Contains 9 words in 3 sentences using 52 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 22 words in 7 sentences using 102 chars.

AGNES.
( wildly )

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 89 chars.

JOHN.
( aside falling back — aghast )

Note: Contains 3 words in 4 sentences using 23 chars.

AGNES.
( more bravely )

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

JOHN.
( miserably, aside )

Note: Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 108 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 4 words in 2 sentences using 20 chars.

JOHN.
( natural voice, tragically )

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

AGNES.
( suddenly appearing around screen )

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

JOHN.
( sternly )

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

AGNES.
( flying at him, hysterically )

Note: Contains 27 words in 6 sentences using 126 chars.

JOHN.
( still sternly )

Note: Contains 62 words in 6 sentences using 322 chars.

AGNES.
( interrupting )

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 66 chars.

JOHN.
( coldly )

Note: Contains 67 words in 7 sentences using 314 chars.

AGNES.
( aside )

Note: Contains 64 words in 8 sentences using 308 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 50 chars.

AGNES.
( hesitatingly; somewhat tenderly )

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

JOHN.
( sternly; significantly )

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 28 chars.

AGNES.
( cross L. Aside, as she sets candle on table )

Note: Contains 69 words in 10 sentences using 317 chars.

JOHN.
( scornfully )

Note: Contains 41 words in 6 sentences using 208 chars.

AGNES.
( aside )

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 202 chars.

JOHN.
( aside )

Note: Contains 47 words in 6 sentences using 244 chars.

AGNES.
( wildly )

Note: Contains 38 words in 8 sentences using 202 chars.

( Enter at C. PETER TWINE. As AGNES stands weeping and JOHN vainly trying to console her he surveys the scene with much interest .)
TWINE.

Note: Contains 106 words in 6 sentences using 505 chars.

JOHN.
( savagely )

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars.

AGNES.
( violent agitation — interrupting )

Note: Contains 32 words in 3 sentences using 152 chars.

TWINE.
( laughing )

Note: Contains 44 words in 5 sentences using 181 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 39 chars.

JOHN.
( aside to AGNES)

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 118 chars.

TWINE.
( behind table surveying premises )

Note: Contains 58 words in 5 sentences using 253 chars.

JOHN.
( violently )

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

TWINE.
( menacingly )

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

AGNES.
( wringing hands )

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 37 chars.

JOHN.
( aside )

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 119 chars.

TWINE.
( hand on AGNES' shoulder )

Note: Contains 25 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars.

(AGNES turns round, sobbing .)
JOHN.
( to TWINE)

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 159 chars.

AGNES.
( rises wildly — turning to face JOHN)

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 155 chars.

( Enter MILLIE CAMP at C. For instant, pause, while MILLIE takes step forward in amazement, staring at AGNES.)
MILLIE.
( completely dumfounded )

Note: Contains 3 words in 3 sentences using 32 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 108 chars.

MILLIE.
( to JOHN)

Note: Contains 64 words in 5 sentences using 332 chars.

TWINE.
( approaching them )

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

JOHN.
( crosses to C. AGNES goes R., behind sofa .)

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

MILLIE.
( emphasis )

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

TWINE.
( impatiently )

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 71 chars.

( Enter MATHILDE at R.)
MATHILDE.
( pointing at AGNES)

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 122 chars.

AGNES.
( flying at her, frantically )

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

JOHN.
( clutching her arm )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

MILLIE.
( snatching her hand )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

TWINE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

MATHILDE.
( shaking herself free and coming forward, pulling TWINE to front )

Note: Contains 91 words in 10 sentences using 392 chars.

TWINE.
( stuttering )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

MATHILDE.
( bracing for another onslaught )

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

JOHN.
( aside )

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 29 chars.

MATHILDE.

Note: Contains 105 words in 6 sentences using 467 chars.

AGNES.
( burying face in hands )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

JOHN.
( impulse toward AGNES; ecstatically )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

MILLIE.
( turning away, with indignant grief )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

TWINE.
( hanging head, disconsolately )

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

MATHILDE.
( crossing to AGNES and plumping armful of bundles at her feet )

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 141 chars.

AGNES.
( eagerly )

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

MATHILDE.
( pointing to door )

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

TWINE
(R. C. at door ).

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

MATHILDE
( goes L. C. as he turns, and finding no relenting in her mien, continues his way to back )

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

( Exeunt TWINE with MATHILDE, C.)
MILLIE.
( sits on sofa C. in distress )

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 43 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

MILLIE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

AGNES.
( to MILLIE)

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 139 chars.

MILLIE.
( rises, start of surprise, reproachfully )

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

MILLIE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars.

MILLIE.

Note: Contains 55 words in 4 sentences using 269 chars.

( Exit MILLIE, R.)
JOHN.
( starting toward AGNES)

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 51 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 8 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 52 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 36 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 25 chars.

( Enter MILLIE. Cross to C. at back, looks at them and then exit on tiptoe .)
JOHN.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars.

AGNES.
( tragically )

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 36 chars.

AGNES.
( motioning JOHN to get her cape )

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

JOHN.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 19 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 9 chars.

JOHN.
( getting it )

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

AGNES.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

JOHN.
( running back after her with gloves in hand )

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

( Exeunt at back C.)
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