The Bohemians (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Bohemians Scene. - Jack Brandt's studio. A plain room. Window R. C. in flat, door L. C., also R. and L. 2d and 3d entrance. Piano up stage L. Table at window in flat. Easel with unfinished picture R. I E. Pictures and sketches around room, work basket on table. Music for curtain. Stage discovered empty at rise. Knock outside twice. Then Freddy Sproul his head in L. C. and looks around, enters cautiously, has a large bouquet of flowers in his hand. Fred. (looking around). She is not here! Good! For I can now leave my bouquet without any fear of being found out. (Puts bouquet on table.) I wonder if she ever suspects where they come from? Sometimes I almost hope she does. But no, I am sure she has not the slightest idea. For when she meets me, she holds out her hand so carelessly and says, "Good-morning, Mr. Sproul, " so calmly, that she throws me down into the lowest depths of despair again. Twice this week have I screwed my courage up to the sticking point in order to tell her how much I love her, but when she turned her great limpid eyes upon me, blow me if I couldn't feel all of my courage ooze out at the tips of my fingers again. (Starts.) I've got an idea. (Looks around and takes picture out of his pocket.) Here is a small portrait of myself that I have just painted, and I will just place it here in the bouquet (business of putting picture in bouquet) and let it speak for me. There, I have done it at last (Madge sings outside), and here she is coming now. (Comes down.) Lord! how my heart does beat. [Entrance music for Madge, who enters quickly L. C., with a basket of strawberries on her arm. Places basket on table, speaks while taking off hat and wraps. Madge. Ah! Good-morning, Mr. Sproul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.