Two Strings to Her Bow

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DUMESNIL, A bourgeois father .
MME. DUMESNIL, His wife .
COUDRAY, The friend of the family .
ALPHONSE DE LUCEVAL, Suitor of Cécile .
CÉCILE, Dumesnil's daughter .
BAPTISTE, An old servant .

TIME: BEGINNING OF XIX CENTURY

SCENE I: THE PARLOR OF DUMESNIL'S COUNTRY HOUSE

SCENE II: THE GARDEN OF DUMESNIL'S COUNTRY HOUSE

TWO STRINGS TO HER BOW was first given at Sedgwick Hall, Lenox, September 27th, 1884 — and again at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, as part of a programme for the benefit of the Babies' Shelter of the Church of the Holy Communion, on the afternoon of April 7th, 1887. The costumes used on both occasions were of the Empire period of France. It will be observed that the play offers an opportunity for both songs and dances at the finale of second act; but that they can, with propriety, be omitted. The scene with Cécile at piano in the first act can be enlarged or omitted altogether.

The cast of this play at the Lyceum Theatre was as follows:

MONSIEUR DUMESNILMr. Henry Gallup Paine .
MADAME DUMESNILMiss Ada Webster Ward .
CÉCILEMiss Alice Lawrence .
ALPHONSE DE LUCEVALMr. Edward Fales Coward .
MONSIEUR COUDRAYMr. Alfred Young .
BAPTISTEMr. Harold Harrison .
Stage-Manager MR. DAVID BELASCO.

ACT FIRST.

(A room in a French country house of the middle class; C. B. a folding-door; doors R. and L. To the left of the audience a table, guitar or piano, flowers, and music books; to the right a table with embroidery, etc., mantel mirror, clock, and vases. Monsieur Dumesnil in his dressing-gown; Madame Dumesnil, a stout lady, in camisole and curl-papers.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 152 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(moving about fussily) .

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 130 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 87 words in 6 sentences using 428 chars.

DUMESNIL

(taking snuff) .

Note: Contains 60 words in 5 sentences using 298 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(interrupting) .

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 73 chars.

DUMESNIL

(as before) .

Note: Contains 30 words in 2 sentences using 180 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(sits, eagerly) .

Note: Contains 115 words in 14 sentences using 620 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 101 chars.

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 111 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 121 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 206 chars.

COUDRAY

(entering C. B., riding-dress and whip. Salutes Madame D., then D. ).

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(D. and Madame D. seize each one of Coudray's hands, and speak alternately with great rapidity.)

DUMESNIL.

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MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 37 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 45 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(takes steps) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

DUMESNIL

(takes steps) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 53 chars.

(Coudray, C., is more and more surprised. He looks from one to the other.)

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 31 words in 2 sentences using 153 chars.

DUMESNIL

(surprised) .

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

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 217 chars.

DUMESNIL

(poking him in ribs) .

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 106 words in 9 sentences using 546 chars.

MONSIEUR AND MADAME DUMESNIL

(together) .

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

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 82 words in 5 sentences using 417 chars.

MONSIEUR AND MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 65 words in 7 sentences using 335 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 134 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 77 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 94 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(sits) .

Note: Contains 103 words in 5 sentences using 562 chars.

COUDRAY

(whistles) .

Note: Contains 72 words in 6 sentences using 406 chars.

DUMESNIL

(angrily) .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

COUDRAY

(walking about whipping his boots with riding-stick) .

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 135 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 51 words in 6 sentences using 292 chars.

(As Coudray, in great indignation, — seizes his hat, lifts his whip with a gesture of defiance, and starts to leave the room, the voice of Cécile is heard in the garden outside.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 45 words in 6 sentences using 212 chars.

(During her speech Coudray and Dumesnil waver toward and from each other. At the close of it their hands meet in a friendly clasp.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 42 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(wiping her eyes) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 138 chars.

(Cécile is heard singing without. A song may be introduced here, or not.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 109 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(disappointed) .

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 133 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 35 words in 2 sentences using 179 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

(Enter Cécile. She is dressed in white, with wide straw hat. She has a basket of eggs in her hand, and holds a bunch of roses, which she distributes.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 227 chars.

COUDRAY

(taking from breast-pocket a case) .

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

(Cécile opens case and takes out a bracelet. She utters a cry of delight, and kisses Coudray's hand.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 133 chars.

DUMESNIL

(examines basket, which she has placed on chair) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

CÉCILE.

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

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 162 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 189 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 43 words in 2 sentences using 213 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 64 words in 5 sentences using 311 chars.

CÉCILE

(pouting) .

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars.

(Works her arms and shoulders, and goes through gymnastic exercises like a schoolgirl.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 270 chars.

(Exeunt Dumesnil and Coudray. Madame Dumesnil is about to go to her room, when she discovers something awry in the furniture. She sets to re-arranging it, when Baptiste enters.)

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 85 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 133 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 30 words in 1 sentence using 163 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 121 chars.

(Voice of Dumesnil, R.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(clapping her hands to her ears, runs out) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

(Exit Baptiste, L. Exit Madame D., R. As her mother disappears, enter Cécile, C., with fingers on her lips.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 95 words in 8 sentences using 485 chars.

(Enter Baptiste; comes up to his young lady with affectionate familiarity.)

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 27 words in 1 sentence using 140 chars.

CÉCILE

(starts violently) .

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 108 words in 6 sentences using 578 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 132 chars.

BAPTISTE

(with dignity) .

Note: Contains 56 words in 3 sentences using 317 chars.

CÉCILE

(mournfully) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 37 words in 2 sentences using 198 chars.

CÉCILE.

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

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 110 words in 8 sentences using 580 chars.

CÉCILE

(shades eyes with hand and looks out) .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars.

(Bell inside rinqs; Dumesnil's voice, L.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

BAPTISTE

(shrugs) .

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

(Bell inside rings; Madame Dumesnil's voice, R.)

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

BAPTISTE

(shrugs) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars.

CÉCILE

(desperately) .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

(She runs out, C. B. Madame Dumesnil runs through door, R. She is in an ample dressing-gown; holds curling-tongs in hand, and has a large curl-paper on top.)

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 69 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 158 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 154 chars.

DUMESNIL

(rushing in, L., without coat, and brandishing two hair-brushes) .

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(sharply) .

Note: Contains 39 words in 4 sentences using 200 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 124 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(regretfully) .

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 163 chars.

DUMESNIL.

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

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 65 chars.

(Enter Coudray.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 47 words in 5 sentences using 237 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

(Exit Coudray.)

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DUMESNIL.

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

(Retires, brushing his hair wrong. As he passes Madame Dumesnil they collide. She burns him with tongs accidentally; he jumps in the air, etc., etc. Exeunt Monsieur and Madame Dumesnil, R. Enter Coudray, ushering in Alphonse de Luceval, C. B.)

COUDRAY

(stiffly) .

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 153 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 124 chars.

COUDRAY

(stiffly) .

Note: Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 191 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 60 words in 4 sentences using 321 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 139 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 115 words in 5 sentences using 641 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

COUDRAY

(pompously) .

Note: Contains 106 words in 4 sentences using 581 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 38 words in 5 sentences using 206 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 61 chars.

(Enter Madame Dumesnil in full toilet, with a portentous cap, and Dumesnil in knee-breeches, buckles, his chapeau under his arm; behind them Cécile, awkward in a stiff new dress, her eyes cast down, her hair puffed outrageously, etc. As they come in, the most absurd and exaggerated exchange of salutations takes place. No one will ever allow the other's bow or curtsey to be the last.)

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

DUMESNIL

(to his wife, aside) .

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 108 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

(The parents and Cécile advance in a stiff row.)

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(with an assumption of society ease) .

Note: Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 194 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 97 chars.

DUMESNIL

(with assumed elegance) .

Note: Contains 26 words in 1 sentence using 132 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 92 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(same manner) .

Note: Contains 29 words in 2 sentences using 173 chars.

CÉCILE

(aside) .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(looks at Cécile, aside) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 59 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(to husband, aside) .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 57 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(still looking at Cécile, aside) .

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 134 chars.

DUMESNIL

(aside to his wife) .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 109 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside to him) .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars.

CÉCILE

(half sobbing) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

DUMESNIL

(aside to Coudray) .

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 143 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 52 words in 5 sentences using 295 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 152 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 78 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 220 chars.

CÉCILE

(aside) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 47 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(laughing) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 66 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 49 words in 3 sentences using 259 chars.

COUDRAY

(aside) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 82 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 38 words in 2 sentences using 203 chars.

CÉCILE

(from behind her mother) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 91 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 92 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(laughing, aside) .

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

MADAME DUMESNIL

(reproachfully) .

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 184 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 90 chars.

(Cécile attempt to sing; business at piano.)

CÉCILE

(aside) .

Note: Contains 20 words in 6 sentences using 88 chars.

(She bursts into tears and escapes from the room. Coudray follows Cécile, while Monsieur and Madame Dumesnil apologize in dumb show to De Luceval, who stands bowing with an air of mockery.)

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside, fanning herself) .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 22 chars.

(Enter Baptiste with a napkin beneath his arm.)

DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 127 chars.

BAPTISTE

(bowing) .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

DUMESNIL

(bowing) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 19 words in 1 sentence using 95 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(angrily, aside) .

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 47 words in 3 sentences using 268 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(holds up her hands, aside) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 64 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 23 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 4 sentences using 72 chars.

COUDRAY

(re-entering) .

Note: Contains 41 words in 2 sentences using 201 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(catching at idea) .

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 83 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(indifferently) .

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 82 chars.

(He bows, and goes out, C.B. Madam Dumesnil aghast.)

MADAME DUMESNIL.

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

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 114 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

(Coudray offers his arm to Madame Dumesnil, who accepts, with look over shoulder at door, C. B. Dumesnil follows.)

Curtain.

ACT SECOND.

A garden, with rustic bench in arbor, R. Enter Cécile in ordinary dress, knitting-bag on arm .

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars.

(Enter De Luceval. Cécile takes knitting out of bag and begins to work.)

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 53 words in 7 sentences using 290 chars.

CÉCILE

(with assumed stupidity) .

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 5 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(picking up ball, and restoring it with a bow) .

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

CÉCILE

(stares vacantly) .

Note: Contains 8 words in 3 sentences using 48 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(picks it up, etc.) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 1 word in 2 sentences using 8 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(picks it up, aside) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 146 chars.

CÉCILE

(with a movement of anger, aside) .

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars.

(She drops the ball, which rolls out, back. She stands motioning him to follow it.)

DE LUCEVAL

(aside, in disgust) .

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 125 chars.

CÉCILE

(laughing) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

(Exit De Luceval, angrily, L.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 3 sentences using 47 chars.

(Enter Madame Dumesnil.)

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 55 words in 8 sentences using 307 chars.

CÉCILE

(demurely) .

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 44 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 24 words in 4 sentences using 132 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

(Enter Coudray.)

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(agitated) .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 53 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 209 chars.

CÉCILE

(claps hands) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 132 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(sinks upon bench) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 91 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(brightening) .

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 72 chars.

(Enter Dumesnil, an open letter in his hand.)

DUMESNIL

(rubbing his hands) .

Note: Contains 43 words in 3 sentences using 218 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 145 chars.

(Goes back calling, "Baptiste! Baptiste!")

COUDRAY

(takes letter from Madame Dumesnil) .

Note: Contains 27 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 165 chars.

(Enter Baptiste.)

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 226 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 25 words in 1 sentence using 133 chars.

DUMESNIL

(pushing him) .

Note: Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 194 chars.

BAPTISTE

(pockets money, aside) .

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 124 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 17 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 79 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

(Exit Baptiste, shows in De Luceval, exit again.)

DE LUCEVAL

(advances with a frank and manly air) .

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 125 chars.

DUMESNIL

(who has regained his natural manner) .

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 136 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(embarrassed) .

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

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 67 words in 6 sentences using 357 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 99 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 24 words in 3 sentences using 143 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 54 words in 5 sentences using 304 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 64 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 57 words in 5 sentences using 288 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside, winces) .

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 88 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 86 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 45 words in 3 sentences using 238 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 36 words in 3 sentences using 199 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

COUDRAY

(jovially) .

Note: Contains 94 words in 9 sentences using 456 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 105 chars.

COUDRAY

(delighted) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 135 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 126 chars.

COUDRAY.

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

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 75 words in 10 sentences using 405 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(takes up book from table) .

Note: Contains 38 words in 6 sentences using 191 chars.

CÉCILE

(coming in with basket of flowers) .

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 49 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 81 chars.

CÉCILE

(frankly) .

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 151 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

CÉCILE

(smiling) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 62 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(bows) .

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 154 chars.

CÉCILE

(aside) .

Note: Contains 75 words in 8 sentences using 339 chars.

(As she scatters flowers upon the little table De Luceval follows her with his eyes.)

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 61 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(aside) .

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 153 chars.

CÉCILE

(with sudden spirit) .

Note: Contains 61 words in 6 sentences using 343 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(mortified) .

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 58 chars.

CÉCILE

(arranges her roses, rapidly) .

Note: Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 227 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 70 words in 3 sentences using 361 chars.

(Cécile drops her flowers on table, and gazes at him fixedly.)

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 75 words in 4 sentences using 385 chars.

CÉCILE

(faintly) .

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 113 words in 10 sentences using 597 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 172 chars.

CÉCILE

(starts) .

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 106 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(coldly) .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 41 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 22 words in 1 sentence using 120 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

(She bursts into tears and runs off. As Cécile goes out in tears, her father comes in, back. He looks curiously at her, then at De Luceval, then waits, back, during the following interview.)

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(walks back and forth agitated) .

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars.

COUDRAY

(giving him his hand) .

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 56 words in 7 sentences using 282 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

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

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 157 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

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

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 46 words in 4 sentences using 266 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(joyfully) .

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 104 chars.

DUMESNIL

(comes forward with dignity) .

Note: Contains 42 words in 3 sentences using 224 chars.

COUDRAY

(strikes Dumesnil on the back approvingly) .

Note: Contains 27 words in 4 sentences using 138 chars.

(Enter Madame Dumesnil followed by Cécile, whose eyes are downcast.)

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 48 words in 6 sentences using 261 chars.

DUMESNIL

(dryly) .

Note: Contains 12 words in 2 sentences using 77 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(seizing Madame Dumesnil's hand) .

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 133 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 132 chars.

(Dumesnil and Coudray talk to her in dumb show.)

DE LUCEVAL

(to Cécile) .

Note: Contains 21 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

CÉCILE

(sadly) .

Note: Contains 23 words in 2 sentences using 117 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 111 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(impulsively) .

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

(Cécile glides past him to her father. Dumesnil extends his arms. Cécile hides her head on his breast, weeping. Coudray turns away and takes snuff to conceal emotion.)

DUMESNIL

(holds out disengaged hand to De Luceval) .

Note: Contains 49 words in 4 sentences using 251 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(with resolution) .

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 114 chars.

CÉCILE

(impetuously) .

Note: Contains 25 words in 4 sentences using 131 chars.

(Enter Baptiste, pale and dishevelled. He falls on his knees at Dumesnil's feet.)

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 15 words in 1 sentence using 70 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 46 words in 2 sentences using 232 chars.

DUMESNIL.

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

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 56 words in 4 sentences using 312 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(joyfully) .

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

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 40 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 51 chars.

BAPTISTE.

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 129 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(seizes Baptiste violently by the hand and shakes it) .

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 59 chars.

COUDRAY.

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 16 words in 2 sentences using 100 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(in melancholy tone) .

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 80 chars.

BAPTISTE

(feels pockets) .

Note: Contains 41 words in 4 sentences using 206 chars.

DUMESNIL

(tearing the letter and throwing it away) .

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 68 chars.

CÉCILE

(archly) .

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

(De Luceval kisses Cécile's hand, they retire up.)

MADAME DUMESNIL

(embracing her husband effusively) .

Note: Contains 25 words in 3 sentences using 136 chars.

COUDRAY

(rubbing his hands joyfully) .

Note: Contains 30 words in 4 sentences using 164 chars.

DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL

(interrupting) .

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

CÉCILE.

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 29 chars.

DE LUCEVAL

(bows) .

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

MADAME DUMESNIL.

Note: Contains 21 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars.

DE LUCEVAL.

Note: Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 284 chars.

(Enter young girls in procession, song, dance, ending in country dance, in which principals join. Last of all, Baptiste is imprisoned in a ring of girls and made to dance.)

Curtain .

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Citation Suggestion for this Object: TextGrid Repository (2024). American Drama. Two Strings to Her Bow. Two Strings to Her Bow. American Drama Corpus. Mathias Göbel. https://hdl.handle.net/21.11113/0000-0014-A772-D