Author: Marius D. Hoogesteger
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ISBN: 9781331176718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Excerpt from The Convict's Daughter: A Drama in Three Acts Summer residence of the Langdon's on the Hudson. A garden. Set house left Stone wall, back; gate, center. Rustic seat, right center. Table and chairs, left center. Stage clear, and door of house partly open as curtain rises. Dollie heard singing: Just a little sunshine, Just a little rain, Just a little happiness, etc. (Enter Dollie with broom and sweeps stoop.) Dollie - Oh, dear me! It seems as though I never would get through with the work this morning. I generally have Helen to help me, but when that fellow of her's is here she wastes all her time on him. Hello! here comes dad! (Enter Dan Whitfield, right.) Whitfield - Well, Dollie, this seems to be an awful long morning. Dollie - Yes, I should think so. I have been busy all the time and I ain't half through yet. Whitfield - Are you all alone? The folks gone away, have they? Dollie - All except Mrs. Langdon. Say, dad. I'm getting tired of staying here doing other people's drudgery. Whitfield - There, there, little one, you must not say that. Mrs. Langdon is good to you, and so is Helen. Dollie - Yes, when that fellow of her's ain't around to take up all her attention. Whitfield - Oh, well! he'll be gone in a day or two. You may be doing the same as she is before long, Dollie. Dollie - Yes. you ketch me at it. Whitfield - You're a likely girl, Dollie. There ain't one in the neighborhood your age that can do the work you are doing, and I won't be surprised if some day you will be some other mans housekeeper. Dollie - I think too much of you, dad. Of course, I won't say that I'm never going to get married because I might change my mind, but it won't be for a long, long time. 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.