{"1": {"fulltext": "%^;^;4V^;^-\\n^^\u00c2\u00a7m-\\n/Owi^\\nJ ROGUES\\nCOMEDY\\nRr^/^lQ BY\\n^3f HENRY\\nARTHUR 1\\n\\\\m JONES A", "height": "3173", "width": "2107", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Library of Congress.\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\\nChap.\\nOrtP^\\n15\\nShelf 7.\u00c2\u00a3f| 8", "height": "3082", "width": "2051", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3138", "width": "2052", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3082", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3128", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE ROGUE S COMEDY", "height": "3108", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "f^y^\\n(150 copies only of this edition were printed\\nNovember, 1808)", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "THE\\nROGUE S COMEDY\\nA PLAY IN THREE ACTS\\nBY\\nHENRY ARTHUR JONES\\nAUTHOR OF\\nTHE TEMPTER, THE CRUSADERS, THE CASE OF REBELLIOUS SUSAN,\\nthe MASQUERADERS, JUDAH, the MIDDLEMAN, THE\\nTRIUMPH OF THE PHILISTINES, THE DANCING GIRL,\\nMICHAEL AND HIS LOST ANGEL, THE PHYSICIAN,\\nthe LIARS, the goal, tHE MANOEUVRES\\nOF. JANE, ETC.\\nTHE MACMILLAN COMPANY\\nLONDON: MACMILLAN CO., Ltd.\\n1898\\nAll rights reserved", "height": "3108", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "o-o\\nCopyright, 1898\\nBy the MACMILLAN COMPANY\\nsfHownt VXnnsnnt Trfnters\\nJ. Horace McFarland Company\\nHarrisburg, Pa.", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Produced by Mr. E. S. Willard at the Garrick Theatre,\\nLondon, on 21st April, 1896.\\nPERSONS REPRESENTED\\nMr. Bailey Prothero.\\nMr. Lambert.\\nSir Thomas Dovergreen.\\nLord John Bucklow.\\nThe Marquis of Bicester.\\nSir William Clarabut.\\nMr. Robert Gushing.\\nMr. Reffell.\\nMr. Sydenham.\\nMr. Hubbock.\\nMr. Chester.\\nMr. Pinniger.\\nPalmer.\\nFirst Footman.\\nSecond Footman.\\nServant at Lady Dovergreen s.\\nMiss Jenison, Companion to Lady Dovergreen.\\nLady Clarabut.\\nNina Clarabut.\\nLady Dovergreen.\\nMrs. Reffell.\\nMiss Prove.\\nMrs. Sydenham.\\nGuests.\\n(v)", "height": "3108", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "ACT I\\nBoudoir at Lady Dovergreen s.\\nThree months pass.\\nACT II\\nMr. Bailey Prothero s Chambers, Audley Man-\\nsions, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square.\\n{Si:x: months pass.)\\nACT III\\nReception-Rooms at 56 Park Lane.\\nThe whole of the action of the play takes place in\\nLondon at the present time.\\n(vii)", "height": "3108", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "The following is a copy of the first play-bill of\\nThe Rogue s Comedy.\\nGarrick Theatre. Season under the manage-\\nment of Mr. E. S. Willard. On Tuesday, 21st April,\\nand every evening at 8,\\nTHE ROGUE S COMEDY\\nA PLAY, IN THREE ACTS\\nBy HENRY ARTHUR JONES\\nAuthor of The Tempter, The Crusaders, The Case of Rebellious\\nSusan, The Masqueraders, yiidah, The Middleman, The\\nTriumph of the Philistines, The Dancing Girl, Michael\\nand his Lost Angel, etc.\\nPERSONS REPRESENTED.\\nMr. Bailey Prothero Mr. Willard.\\nMiss Jenison (Companion to\\nLady Dovergreen Miss Olliffe.\\nMr. Lambert Mr. W. T. Lovell.\\nSir William Clarabut Mr. Cecil Crofton.\\nLady Clarabut (Lady Dover-\\ngreen s Sister) Lady Monckton.\\nNina Clarabut Miss Cora Poole.\\nLady Dovergreen Miss Robertha Erskine.\\nSir Thomas Dovergreen (her\\nSon) Mr. Sydney Brough.\\nLord John Bucklow Mr. David James.\\nThe Marquis of Bicester. Mr. George Canninge.\\nMr. Sydenham Mr. J. R. Crauford.\\nMrs. Sydenham Mrs. H. Cane.\\nMr. Reffell Mr. A. B. Tapping.\\nMrs. Reffell Miss Keith Wakeman.\\n(viii)", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE ROGUE S COMEDY\\nMiss Prove Miss Ellen Meyrick.\\nMr. HuBBOCK Mr. George Willoughby,\\nMr. Chester Mr. Webber.\\nMr. Pinniger Mr. W. Levy.\\nMr. Robert Gushing Mr. Herbert Standing.\\nPalmer Mr. Hamilton Knight.\\nFirst Footman Mr. Albert Sims.\\nSecond Footman Mr. L. Wenman.\\nServant at Lady Dover-\\ngreen s Mr. G. James.\\nGtiests.\\nACT I\\nBoudoir at Lady Dovergreen s\\nThree months pass.)\\nACT II\\nMr. Bailey Prothero s Chambers, Audley Man-\\nsions, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square.\\n{Six months pass.)\\nACT III\\nReception-Rooms at 56 Park Lane.\\nThe whole of the action of the play takes place in\\nLondon at the present day.\\nThere will be intervals of twelve minutes between Acts I. and II.\\nand fifteen minutes between Acts II. and III.\\nMatinee of The Rogue s Comedy, Saturday next at 2.30.\\n(ix)", "height": "3108", "width": "2007", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "ACT I\\nScene Boudoir at Lady Dovergreen s, a hand-\\nsomely furnished room in a house at Kensing-\\nton.\\nA large door, l., stajids open, and shows large\\ndrawi/ig-room small door down stage, r. open-\\ning into Lady Dovergreen s apartments.\\nDiscover Lady Dovergreen, a comfortable, gouty\\nold lady, with feet laid up on couch and propped\\nwith pillows Lady Clarabut, her sister, a\\nbright lady about fifty Mrs. Sydenham. A\\nservant handing around coffee.\\nLady D. I don t profess to understand how\\nMr. Prothero does it I only know the first time\\nI saw him he told me everything that had hap-\\npened in my past life.\\nLady C. I wonder, Caroline, that you per-\\nmitted it. And I wonder you permit Tommy to\\nmake a friend of the man and bring him here to\\ndinner.", "height": "3113", "width": "1982", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "2 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nLady D. But he has given Tommy what is\\ncalled a tip about a gold mine, and Tommy has\\nmade five hundred pounds.\\nLady C. A sprat to catch a mackerel. De-\\npend upon it, he ll lose five thousand before this\\nMr. Bailey Prothero has done with him\\nLady D. Oh, no Tommy is really a very\\nsharp, clever boy.\\nLady C. I had never suspected it. Tommy\\ngave me a tip at Newmarket, and another last\\nwinter at Monte Carlo.\\nLady D. Well? What happened?\\nLady C. I became convinced of the pro-\\nfound immorality of racing and all kinds of\\ngambling. And I very much lowered my opin-\\nion of Tommy s judgment, and my own.\\nLady D. You don t understand Tommy s\\ncharacter.\\nLady C. No, it always takes a mother to\\nunderstand a boy s character. But Sir William\\nis his trustee, and we understand enough to\\nknow that if we let this Mr. Bailey Prothero get\\nhold of Tommy s money, we shall be blamed for\\nnot stopping the intimacy.\\n(Miss Jenison appeals at drawing-room\\ndoor a striking woman of an uncertain\\nage, pale face, keen searching eyes, soft,\\nagreeable manner. She listens intently,\\nbut furtively, to the coftversation.^", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 3\\nLady C. (Jo Mrs. Sydenham). Don t you\\nthink I m right, Mrs. Sydenham\\nMrs. Syd. I must own Mr. Prothero thor-\\noughly astonished me when I gave him a sitting\\nat his rooms in Bond street the other day.\\nLady C. How\\nMrs. Syd. He told me all the particulars of\\nmy family history. How unhappy I am in my\\nmarried life how constantly my husband\\nneglects and misunderstands me, and about the\\ndeath of my favourite poodle six years ago. He\\nwas so sympathetic.\\nLady C. How much did he charge\\nMrs. Syd. His usual fee a guinea.\\nLady C. Why didn t you come to me I d\\nhave told it you all for nothing, and been equally\\nsympathetic especially about the poodle.\\nWhat do you think of this Bailey Prothero\\ncraze, Miss Jenison\\nMiss J. Sometimes I think like you, Lady\\nClarabut, that the man must have some clever\\nconfederates, who furnish him with particulars.\\nLady D. Confederates? Who?\\nMiss J. Ah, that s it. But then again, that s\\nimpossible\\nLady C. Why\\nMiss J. He knew, or seemed to know, so\\nmuch of my past life.\\nLady C. What in particular?", "height": "3113", "width": "1977", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "4 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nMiss J. Amongst other things, how I met\\nLady Dovergreen at the hotel in Brighton last\\nyear, how Mrs. Murchison, my previous em-\\nployer, had just gone to California, how Lady\\nDovergreen was taken ill, and how I looked after\\nher and became her companion. And about the\\ndelay in my references from California. He\\nknew the whole story, and yet altogether I m\\na little inclined to suspect him, aren t you\\nLady C. Very much\\nLady D. My dear Margaret, why Mr.\\nProthero not only knows all about the past, but\\nhe can actually foretell the future. What do\\nyou say to that\\nLady C. I should say he ll come to grief\\nlike Old Moore and Zadkiel. The past is such\\nsafe ground. If you love him, beg him to stick\\nto the past. So many prophets have lost their\\nreputations by dabbling in the future.\\nE?iterj L., Mrs. Reffell, a fashionably -dressed\\nwo7nan about thirty, Miss Prove, a maiden lady\\nabout forty-five, and Nina Clarabut, about\\ntwenty.\\nMrs. Reff. Still talking of this wonderful\\nman\\nLady C. Have you consulted him yet\\nMiss P. No, but we wish to. I was once", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 5\\nplaced in a fearfully compromising situation\\nwith regard to a very illustrious personage a\\nGerman prince, in fact. Now if Mr. Prothero\\nknows anything about that\\nMrs. Reff. I should like to know where\\nmy husband dined the two nights last week he\\ndidn t dine at home.\\nLady C. At his club, my dear.\\nMrs. Reff. Yes, that s what he said. But\\nI shall ask Mr. Prothero.\\nLady C. Depend upon it, my dear, your\\nhusband knows far better where he dined than\\nMr. Prothero. I should take my husband s\\nword for it.\\nMiss J. {to Miss Prove). How very em-\\nbarrassing that affair of yours with the prince\\nMiss P. Oh, it was too dreadful\\nMiss J. You did begin to tell me about\\nit {They talk apart.)\\nLady D. And what would you like Mr.\\nProthero to tell you, Nina\\nNina. Nothing. Mr. Lambert doesn t be-\\nlieve in him.\\nLady C. Caroline, you have this Mr. Lam-\\nbert here again this evening\\nLady D. Yes he s an agreeable young fel-\\nlow, and we are much indebted to him.\\nLady C. Over your lawsuit. What do you\\nknow of him", "height": "3113", "width": "1977", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "6 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nLady D. Nothing except that he was en-\\ngaged as junior in our case. Sir Edward\\nSkennelsby was suddenly taken ill, and Mr.\\nLambert got a verdict for us and big damages.\\nSir Edward says he s the most surprising\\nyoungster he ever met.\\nLady C. Yes, but who is he Where does\\nhe come from\\nLady D. Ask Miss Jenison. I believe it\\nwas she who got Sir Edward to take an inter-\\nest in him.\\nMiss J. I know very little about him. He\\nwas brought up by his aunt, an old school-\\nfriend of mine.\\nNina. Sir Edward says he s certain to take\\na very fine position some day.\\nLady C. Oh, I m sure he ll reach the wool-\\nsack. But meantime I should like to know a\\nlittle more about him.\\nNina. Mamma, he s coming.\\nEnter, l., George Lambert, a handsome young\\nfellow, followed by Sir William Clarabut,\\na co7?ifortable-looki7ig man of sixty.\\nSir W. Upon my word it s really wonder-\\nful\\nGeorge. So is the three-card trick, till you\\nknow how it s done. Then, there s nothing in it.", "height": "3077", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 7\\nSir W. But I say, Caroline {to Lady Dover-\\ngreen), he s not exactly the sort of man one\\nasks to dinner, is he?\\nLady D. It was Tommy who asked him\\nin fact, insisted upon bringing him.\\n{A burst of laughter from drawing-room.^\\nLady C. What is he doing now\\nGeorge. Describing to Lord Johnny all\\nthe most scandalous details of his past\\nlife.\\nSir W. Johnny is delighted to find himself\\na far greater dawg than he remembered.\\nLady C. I cannot hope that my experiences\\nwill prove so interesting or so varied as Lord\\nJohnny s, so I shall have to be satisfied if\\nMr. Prothero will furnish me with a few quite\\ncommonplace details of my past history such\\nas\\nLady D. Such as what\\nLady C. Will you close the door for a\\nmoment, Miss Jenison\\n(Miss Jenison closes door.)\\nLady C. Well, let him tell me the name\\nof the man I first danced with\\nMiss P. Who was he?\\nLady C. Captain Capenhurst, at Edin-\\nburgh. Secondly, the age and the place at\\nwhich I had the measles.\\nMrs. Reff. When was that", "height": "3113", "width": "1977", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "8 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nLady C. At Cheltenham, when I was seven.\\nThirdly, what was I doing at ten o clock last\\nSaturday evening.\\nMiss P. What were you doing at ten\\no clock last Saturday evening?\\nLady C. I really forget. Oh, yes I had\\na cold and went early to bed, and at ten I was\\nsipping a little hot whiskey and water.\\n(A chorus of bravos from the next room.\\nLady D. Shall we join them in the next\\nroom? {Moving.)\\nMiss J. Let me take your cushions in,\\nLady Dovergreen (^taking up cushions and assist-\\ning Lady Dovergreen), and make you com-\\nfortable then, if you don t mind, I ll go and\\nsee that your room is ready for the night.\\n(^Exeunt Sir William, Lady Clarabut,\\nMrs. Sydenham, Miss Prove, and\\nMrs. Reffell into the other drawing-\\nroom.)\\nLady D. Won t you wait and see how\\nMr. Prothero succeeds\\nMiss J. I ve a headache, and I really take\\nvery little interest in the man. I m afraid\\nI m afraid he s a little bit of a rascal.\\n(^Exeunt Lady D. and Miss Jenison, l.)\\nNina. Aren t you coming into the drawing-\\nroom, Mr. Lambert\\nGeorge. To watch this mountebank I ve", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 9\\nalready heard one poor begger sentenced to\\nseven years for swindling\\nNina. Aren t you a little hard?\\nGeorge. On swindlers I m afraid I am.\\nBut I hope you don t think there is no tender-\\nness or romance in my nature?\\nNina. Lawyers aren t very romantic, are\\nthey?\\nGeorge. They are like other people, like\\nclergymen, like butchers their natures are\\nquite independent of their profession. It s\\ncurious how little a man s creed, or his trade,\\nalters either his character, or his nature, or his\\nfeatures. The other day I saw a grocer at his\\nshop door his face was exactly like the late\\nLord Chancellor s.\\nNina. What will your face be like when\\nyou are Lord Chancellor\\nGeorge. Miss Clarabut, 3^ou mustn t start\\nme dreaming I have no fortune, no influence,\\nno name. I m not likely to be Lord Chan-\\ncellor. But I may possibly be a fairly suc-\\ncessful lawyer. My only dread is that success\\nmay come too late.\\nNina. Too late for what?\\nGeorge. Too late to give me the prize I\\nam dreaming of.\\nNina. I don t understand you.\\nGeorge. I think you do, but it s right you", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "10 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nshould say you don t. There is one very great\\nprize that I dream of, and long to possess. If\\nyou were to tell me there is absolutely no hope\\nof my winning that prize\\nNina. What then?\\nGeorge. I should go down to the courts\\nto-morrow morning with a pound of lead here\\ninstead of a heart.\\nNina. Then you d lose your case.\\nGeorge. I hope not. I should pluck up,\\nand fight hard, and try to face my life.\\nNina. Mr. Lambert, I mustn t encourage\\nyou in dreaming, because its a very foolish\\nhabit for a lawyer. But if\\nGeorge. If what? If you could give me\\nthat prize as easily as you could give me that\\nflower, would you\\nNina. Certainly not.\\n{^Throws the flower at him.)\\nLady Clarabut ejiters, l., to see her action.\\nGeorge. Miss Clarabut\\n{Picks up the flower i sees Lady Clarabut,\\nstands embarrassed.)\\nLady C. Nina, this Mr. Prothero is doing\\nsome wonderful things in the next room. I d\\nthink you d be interested.\\nNina. Yes, mamma. {Exit, l.)", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 11\\nLady C. My daughter dropped that flower,\\ndid she not It was kind of you to pick it up.\\nWill you give it to me {He gives her the\\nflower.^ Thank you.\\nGeorge. I beg your pardon, Lady Clarabut.\\nLady C. What for\\nGeorge. I was betrayed into into seeking\\na kind of understanding with Miss Clarabut.\\nLady C. That wasn t quite nice of you, Mr.\\nLambert, was it\\nGeorge. I know. I ought to have asked\\nyou and Sir William first.\\nLady C. It would have been quite useless.\\nGeorge. Quite useless. Lady Clarabut\\nLady C. Quite. You are a very promising\\nyoung man, but it might be many years before\\nyou could give my daughter the position and\\nincome she has a right to look for. I don t\\nwish Nina to marry a great fortune, but she\\nmust have a comfortable certainty.\\nGeorge. But I could offer her that in a few\\nyears. I would work so hard Lady Clarabut,\\nI love her so much, and I think she cares for\\nme. You wouldn t stand in the way of her life s\\nhappiness\\nLady C. How earnest you are Oh, what\\na tragedy love is at twenty-five What a farce\\nat fifty What s your income this year\\nGeorge. This year, five hundred pounds.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "12 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nBut give me a hope of winning her, and in\\nthree or four years it shall be five thousand.\\nLady C. {laughs good-htwwuredly). Oh, my\\ndear Mr. Lambert\\nGeorge. What are you laughing at\\nLady C. You are so amusing I had one\\nlover who threatened to shoot himself if I\\ndidn t marry him. I had another who had\\ndelirium tremens, and laid it all to the intoxi-\\ncation of my eyes. But I never, no I never,\\nhad the luck to meet a man who was prepared\\nto raise his income ten times over, and lay it\\nall at my feet. Oh, if I had met that man\\nGeorge {gallantly^. You would if I d been\\nborn twenty years earlier But as that is im-\\npossible, you oughtn t to deny me the next best\\nthing, that of laying my heart and income at\\nthe feet of your daughter.\\nLady C. {struck). Sir Edward Skennelsby\\nis right. You ll make a successful pleader.\\nBut there is another point. You ll forgive my\\nasking I don t know your people\\nGeorge. I ve never seen my father and\\nmother to my recollection. My aunt brought\\nme up and educated me.\\nLady C. But you surely asked about your\\nfather and mother\\nGeorge. Yes, many times, but she never\\nwould tell me.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 13\\nLady C. That s very strange. What reason\\ncould she have for withholding information\\nabout your parents\\nGeorge. Lady Clarabut, I ll tell you the\\ntruth. She did not tell me because there was\\nsomething very painful connected with them.\\nLady C. Of what nature\\nGeorge. I don t know. Sometimes she\\nused the word painful sometimes disgrace-\\nful.\\nLady C. My poor fellow this is a worse\\ndifficulty than the other. You must see I\\ncouldn t allow Nina to marry you after what\\nyou have told me. How can one tell that\\nsomething may not turn up at any moment\\nand connect you with forgive my using the\\nword with something disgraceful?\\nGeorge. Then it s quite hopeless\\nLady C. Quite. Unless you can find out\\nwhat that secret was, and can absolutely assure\\nme that it is buried for ever. (^He sighs and\\nlooks very dejected.^ Come! Come! Don t\\ngive way Take an interest in something else.\\nGeorge. I can t In what\\nLady C. In anything. Try and find out\\nthe secret of this Bailey Prothero s success.\\nI know you think him a swindler so do I. It\\nwould be a splendid thing for a rising young\\nbarrister like you to expose him. I don t like", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "14 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nthe influence he has gained over my nephew.\\nSo I ll help you. What do you say\\nGeorge. Yes, if you like anything 3 ou\\nlike.\\nLady C. Then it s a bargain. You shall\\nturn his swindle inside out, and forget all about\\nNina.\\nEnter Miss Jenison, l.\\nLady C. Now where is this marvellous\\ngentleman\\nMiss J. He s still very busy, Lady Clarabut.\\nLady C. But I m getting impatient I\\nwant him to tell me everything that has hap-\\npened in my past life, and a good many things\\nthat haven t. (^Exit.)\\n(Miss Jenison shows concern. George\\nco?nes up to her.\\nGeorge. Miss Jenison, I ve often wished to\\nthank you. Sir Edward Skennelsby tells me\\nthat it was owing to a kind word you said to\\nhim that he took an interest in me, and helped\\nme to my first brief.\\nMiss J. You are quite welcome\\nGeorge. Of course you knew my late aunt\\nI saw you there several times when I was a\\nboy, but I really hadn t an idea that I had so\\ngood a friend in you.\\nMiss J. Oh, Sir Edward was dining here", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 15\\none night I saw a chance of doing you a good\\nturn I hope you don t think there was any-\\nthing unusual in it.\\nGeorge. It was unusually kind. Thank\\nyou very much.\\ni^Goes to door, r., and opens it.\\nMiss J. Good-night. (^Offers hand.\\nGeorge. Good-night.\\n{Exit Miss Jenison, r.)\\nEnter Mr. Bailey Prothero, about fifty-five, a\\nquick, nervous, restless man, with strong fea-\\ntures, hut shifty eyes, nervous, excitable move-\\nments. Lady Clarabut follows, as if pur-\\nsuing him.\\nProthero {waving her off). Oh no, no, no.\\nExcuse me, Lady Clarabut. I cannot be rushed\\nlike this. I must have time. The intense\\nexertion of summoning up the past is some-\\nthing terrible\\nLady C. It must be but nothing, I should\\nsay, to summoning up the future\\nProthero. They are both alike to me\\nLady C. Perhaps. But I don t quite un-\\nderstand What is this inner vision that you\\nspeak of\\nProthero. If you had it. Lady Clarabut,\\nyou wouldn t ask. As you haven t got it, I can", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "16 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT I\\nno more explain it to you than I could explain\\nto a person born blind what sight is. I pos-\\nsess the gift or sense of clairvoyance or second\\nsight, by which I see past or future events as\\nclearly as if they were happening before my\\neyes.\\n(George slightly shrugs his shoulders and\\nsmiles at Lady Clarabut.\\nProthero. You don t believe me, Mr.\\nLambert\\nGeorge. Oh, yes I ve often met people\\npossessing your gift. Only a month ago I saw\\na dear old gipsy lady sent to gaol for using it\\nto enlighten servant girls as to their matrimo-\\nnial destinies.\\nProthero. But she was an impostor\\nGeorge. Yes. Curious fact. In humble\\nlife they always are impostors.\\nEnter l., quickly, Sir Thomas Dovergreen, a\\nsmart young fellow, well dressed, with rather\\nhigh, squeaky voice, and buoyant, confident\\nmanner.\\nTommy. Dear old boy, just one word.\\nWhat about Koppiesfontein\\nProthero. Koppiesfontein\\nTommy. Old Sydenham has got hold of\\ntwenty thousand fully paid shares at five bob.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 17\\nHe s a little funky, and I think he ll let me\\nstand in with him.\\nProthero. Wait a day or two, till I have\\nconsidered.\\nTommy. I can t. You know what these\\nthings are. He ma} get a cable from the mine\\nat any moment. If it s all right up they go,\\nsky high, and then old Syd won t part. What\\ndo you say Shall I have a flutter\\nProthero. One moment. (^Puis his hand\\nover his eyes and remains as if buried in deep\\nthought for some moments, then very oracularly.\\nBuy Koppiesfontein.\\nTommy. That s good enough for me. (^Goes\\noff, comes back.) I say, don t give anybody else\\nthe tip.\\nProthero {shakes hands). I won t.\\nTommy. Thankee, dear old chap. (^Exit, l.)\\nLady C. And when are we to receive a\\nlittle of your kind attention, Mr. Prothero\\nProthero. I am utterly prostrate for the\\nmoment. Can you let me have five minutes\\nquite alone to collect myself I must warn\\n3 ou that I cannot always guarantee a result\\nLady C. No Well, perhaps that s wise.\\nA judicious vagueness\\nProthero (^turns round on her with sudden\\nferocity that startles Lady Clarabut). I will\\nbeg you, madam, not to sneer at me in a", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "18 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nhouse where I am equally a guest with your-\\nself I will beg you not to suggest that I am\\nan impostor until you have proved me one.\\n(^Opens the door, L.) Please to leave me alone.\\n(^Very loftily. When I am ready for you I will\\nsend for you\\nLady C. I beg your pardon.\\nProthero {loftily Say no more. In five\\nminutes I shall be ready to answer any ques-\\ntion you like to ask me.\\n(^Exit Lady Clarabut.\\n{^As Prothero turns he stands face to face\\nwith George.)\\nProthero {^advancing kindly to George).\\nPm afraid Pve not impressed you favourably\\n{offering his hand), Mr. Lambert.\\nGeorge (^putting his hands behind his back).\\nOh, don t let that distress you, Mr. Prothero.\\nProthero. I can t help letting it distress\\nme, Mr. Lambert. {Offering hand.)\\nGeorge. Pm very sorry, but {shrugging\\nshoulder, refusing ha?id). {Exit, l.)\\n(Prothero stands piqued and hurt for a\\nfew seconds, then pulls himself together,\\nwalks very gingerly to the door l. lis-\\ntens for some seconds, silently turns the\\nkey in the lock, is crossing to r., when\\nMiss Jenison puts her head out of\\ndoor R., and holds out envelope.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 19\\nProthero puts his finger on his lip and\\nnods. They meet in the rniddle of the\\nroom. She gives him the envelope. He\\nwrings her hand very cordially. All\\nthis scene in a quick, nervous whis-\\nper.)\\nMiss J. Here it is. Everything I could\\nget out of them.\\nProthero. Thanks, old girl. I got on\\nsplendidly at dinner, didn t I By Jove, Liz-\\nzie, I ve had the devil s own luck lately! I ve\\nbeen right so often, and when I ve been wrong\\nit hasn t much mattered. I begin to think\\nthere must be something in it.\\nMiss J. Ssh Take care I wish 3^ou d\\ngive it up.\\nProthero. What for We can t live on\\nyour eighty pounds a year. It s a little risky,\\nperhaps, but it s the best thing I ve ever had\\nmy nose in. Fancy my dining with all these\\nswells including my own wife, the best-look-\\ning woman of the bunch (^Bowing politely to\\nher. I say, you re in clover here.\\nMiss J. Yes; I m very comfortable.\\nProthero. You ought to be, after my Cali-\\nfornian references. I did lay it on thick.\\nMiss J. You saw our boy\\nProthero. I saw him. I tried to make\\nfriends with him just now, but he cut me", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "20 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nwouldn t shake hands with me. Lizzie, he\\ndespises me.\\nMiss J. He doesn t know you.\\nProthero. I rather think he does too well.\\nMiss J. Take care of Lady Clarabut. She\\nmeans to expose you. Don t give her a chance.\\nProthero. Not me.\\nMiss J. She s going to ask you three ques-\\ntions I ve answered them there. {Pointing to\\nenvelope.\\nProthero. Rumbo. I say, Lizzie, how\\ncould I get hold of something about the Kop-\\npiesfontein Mining Company\\nMiss J. I don t know. Why?\\nProthero. I ve told that young guffin to\\nbuy a heap of shares in it I hope it ll turn out\\nall right.\\nMiss J. {points to envelope^. Take care of\\nthat I think that s all you ll want to know.\\nOh I smelt Miss Proye of brandy the other\\nnight I fancy she drinks.\\nProthero. Oh, the little finger, eh\\nMiss J. Take care of Lady Clarabut.\\n{Exit, r.\\n{Left to himself, Prothero hwriedly opens\\nthe letter Miss Jenison has given him,\\nscans the contents.^\\nProthero {reading Miss Proye, En-\\ngaged at eighteen to an army man, who went", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 21\\nout to India and died. Railway journey\\nbreakdown German prince hum (^puts\\nletter i?i pocket, silently unlocks door l. opens\\nit, calls off.) I am now ready to give a seance\\nto Miss Proye.\\nEnter Miss Prove.\\nProthero. Come in, my dear madam.\\n(^Shuts door after her. Genially. Be seated.\\nMiss P. And can you really tell all that\\nhas happened in my past life I don t believe\\nyou. Oh, I feel so nervous.\\nProthero. Place every confidence in me.\\nBe seated. Now ask me any question you\\nplease, or, perhaps you would prefer me to\\ntell you what passes across the field of my\\ninner vision\\nMiss P. Perhaps that would be better.\\nProthero. (^Places himself in aii attitude,\\nshuts his eyes as if absorbed in deep thought. I\\nsee you in the flush of early womanhood, at\\nthe age of some seventeen or eighteen summers\\nperhaps nineteen. There is a soldier beside\\nyou, a gallant, manly form.\\nMiss P. It s Jack Poor Jack\\nProthero. He looks into your eyes. You\\npossess a deep, a strange fascination for\\nhim", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "22 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nMiss P. We were engaged.\\nProthero. I see a sadness creeping over\\nboth your faces. It seems like the shadow of\\na parting. Is it so\\nMiss P. Yes go on.\\nProthero. A parting at at {plunging)\\nPortsmouth.\\nMiss P. No.\\nProthero. No Are you sure The\\ntown looks like Portsmouth.\\nMiss P. No it was at Marseilles.\\nProthero. It is Marseilles. I see the\\nFrench flags flying on all the ships in the\\nharbour. It is Marseilles. His boat steams\\naway, he waves an adieu he s gone! I see\\nhim again. He is much tanned.\\nMiss P. Yes; he went to India.\\nProthero. I don t know whether it s In-\\ndia, or Africa, or Jamaica. But he is clearly\\ntanned. That I ll swear to. Ah some great\\nmisfortune is threatening him. He is dead.\\nAm I right, so far\\nMiss P. Quite! He died in India! It s\\nwonderful How did you know\\nProthero. It all passed across the field of\\nmy inner vision. Let me try again. (^Puts\\nhimself i?t an attitude, shuts his eyes.) It is\\nwinter. You are traveling in a railway car-\\nriage. There is a stranger in the carriage", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 23\\nwith you from his appearance 1 should judge\\nhim to be a German a man of some rank.\\nMiss P. It was Prince Oh what\\nhave I said\\nProthero. There is a kind of accident\\nyou are slightly injured you faint away\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the\\nPrince bears you in his arms across the snow\\nto the village inn\\nMiss P. Oh! please stop at least\\ndon t go on.\\nProthero. He goes for the doctor he\\nwaits upon you himself. The innkeeper insists\\nupon addressing you as madam it is most\\nembarrassing for you both. Am I right?\\nMiss P. Quite. It was a most extraordi-\\nnary adventure.\\nProthero. Do you believe in my powers\\nMiss P. I think you re too wonderful for\\nwords. {Gazing at him in wonderment.)\\nProthero. Thank you. I shall feel obliged\\nif you will mention that to your friends.\\nMiss P. I will! I will! {Going.)\\nProthero {very solemnly). One moment 1\\nBefore you go\\nMiss P. What?!\\nProthero {very seriously). May I speak\\none solemn word of warning as a friend I\\nshould say as a physician. {She looks surprised.)\\nI have detected", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "24 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nMiss P. {alarmed). What\\n(Prothero, standings looks at her a few\\nmoments, and then makes an action of\\nputting glass to lips. She shows great\\nfright he repeats the actio?i.\\nMiss P. {much frightened). Oh! It s only\\nrarely very rarely only when I have\\nneuralgia.\\nProthero {shakes his head). Don t have\\nneuralgia Put the brake on, my dear lady\\nI beg you put the brake on pull yourself\\nup\\nMiss P. I will! You won t mention this\\nto any one\\nProthero. Rely on me. And if you\\nshould hear any doubts expressed about me,\\nI may expect that you will defend me\\nMiss P. Oh, I will, you may be sure.\\nThank you so much\\nProthero. Don t mention it. {Taking out\\na lot of cards.) You may find these useful to\\ndistribute amongst all your friends. My\\ncharge for an evening is ten guineas. Please\\nremember that I cannot always guarantee a\\nresult. And above all put the brake on\\nyou are careering to destruction put the\\nbrake on take care of these {giving her the\\ncards) as a friend, I adjure you, put the\\nbrake on.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 25\\nMiss P. Thank you so much. I shall\\nrecommend you everywhere. And if any one\\nquestions your powers, I shall tell them.\\nProthero. The simple truth {Opens the\\ndoor.) Mrs. Reffell, in one minute! To Miss\\nProve as she passes out.) The simple truth to\\nthese ladies and gentlemen, if you please\\nThe simple truth is always enough for me.\\n(^Bows her out, closes the door.) And a damned\\nsight too much very often. Takes out letter^\\nhastily glances over it.) Mrs. Reffell is very\\njealous husband stockbroker spends his\\nevenings away from home was away last\\nTuesday and Friday h m, h m h m, h m\\na very easy case. Lady Clarabut hum\\ndancing Edinburgh, Capenhurst measles,\\nCheltenham whiskey and water, last Satur-\\nday night. (^Futs envelope in his pocket, opens\\ndoor, calls out.) I am now ready to give a\\nseance to Mrs. Reffell.\\nEnter Mrs. Reffell Prothero goes to her\\nwith great sympathy.\\nProthero (^sytnpathetically). Be seated,\\nmadam. Be seated, my very dear madam.\\n(^Stands and looks at her with very great sym-\\npathy.) Ah! (^Sighs.)\\nMrs. Reff. Why do you look at me like that?", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "26 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT i\\nProthero. You are a misunderstood\\nwoman. You are a woman of heart, of feeling\\na woman with a wealth of devotion and\\naffection, and you are not valued at anything\\napproaching your proper worth. Am I not\\nright?\\nMrs. Reff. Go on.\\nProthero. I do not like to touch upon\\ndomestic matters\\nMrs. Refe. That is precisely what I wish\\nto consult you upon.\\nProthero. Ah One moment One\\nmoment! I see you at home in a room\\nyour drawing-room, I presume\\nMrs. Reff. When is this\\nProthero. Quite recently. You are\\ndressed for dinner you expect your husband\\nyou wait he doesn t come you grow im-\\npatient you ring you ask for him. Am I\\nright\\nMrs. Reff. No. I rang, but I didn t ask\\nfor him.\\nProthero. But you rang. I heard the\\nbell And if you didn t ask for him, you were\\nsurely thinking about him, eh\\nMrs. Reff. Yes.\\nProthero. I knew it. You dine alone.\\nYou eat but little. You return to the draw-\\ning-room. You wait You wait The hours", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 27\\npass in dreary silence. At last he comes\\nand then you are silent no longer. It\\nis the time and occasion for speech at\\nsome length.\\nMrs. Reff. Don t you think I was justi-\\nfied?\\nProthero. I agree with every word you\\nsaid.\\nMrs. Reff. Now tell me where he was.\\nProthero. I would rather not. Let us\\nturn to some happier hour, to some scene of\\nyour childhood\\nMrs. Reff. No, I don t wish to know\\nanything about my childhood. I want to\\nknow\\nProthero. Where your husband dined last\\nTuesday and Friday.\\nMrs. Reff. Yes.\\nProthero. Frankly, I will not tell you.\\nMrs. Reff. Why not\\nProthero. I am not here to stir up domes-\\ntic strife. My profession is a peaceful one.\\nMrs. Reff. Is it a question of money?\\nI ll give you twenty, fifty guineas.\\nProthero. If you were to offer me a hun-\\ndred I could not tell you.\\nMrs. Reff. I don t believe you know.\\nProthero. You doubt my powers In this\\ninstance I am glad you do. But that being", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "28 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nthe case, you will allow me to say our inter-\\nview is at an end. (^Opens door, l. Lady\\nClarabut, please\\nEnter Lady Clarabut, l.\\nMrs. Reff. No.\\nLady C. Well, have you been successful,\\nMr. Prothero.\\nProthero. Pm pleased to say I have not,\\nLady Clarabut.\\nLady C. How is that\\nProthero. I unfortunately happened to\\ncall up a few scenes of Mrs. Reffell s domes-\\ntic life. I regret they were not pleasant. I\\nwished to dismiss them. But she is not willing.\\nI must really decline to pursue the matter\\nfurther. Come to me some other day\\nMrs. Reff. No. I wish to know\\nLady C. What\\nMrs. Reff. Where my husband dined last\\nTuesday and Friday.\\nLady C. At his club, of course.\\nMrs. Reff. (^enraged That old fib again\\n(7 7 Prothero.) Where did my husband dine\\nlast Tuesday and Friday\\nProthero. At his club, of course.\\nMrs. Reff. {niaddened^. Oh, I I feel I\\nfeel I could (^passitig ouf).", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 29\\nProthero (as she goes by). Be calm, my\\ndear lady Be calm {Closes door after her,\\nturns to Lady Clarabut.) Now, Lady Clara-\\nbut, I am at your service\\nLady C. I should like my young friend,\\nMr. Lambert, to be present during my sitting.\\nProthero. Lambert Why\\nLady C. To assist me. Candidly, Mr. Pro-\\nthero, while you confine yourself to fortune-\\ntelling I don t think you ll do much harm. But\\nyou ve obtained a hold on my silly nephew,\\nSir Thomas Dovergreen. You re leading him\\ninto speculation\\nProthero. Pve put five hundred pounds\\ninto his pocket. Pm very sorry.\\nLady C. You re sorry?\\nProthero. Yes. I wish I had put it into\\nmy own.\\nLady C. That s your business. My hus-\\nband is Sir Thomas s trustee, and I don t in-\\ntend you shall ruin the boy.\\nProthero. And so you intend to ruin me\\nLady C. I mean to stop your flourishing\\nbusiness as prophet if I can.\\nProthero {insinuatingly). Only you don t\\nfeel quite sure of yourself.\\nLady C. Oh yes, I do.\\nProthero. Then why do you bring in a\\nclever young lawyer to help you", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "30 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nLady C. And if you feel quite sure of\\nyourself, why do you object\\nProthero. Oh, my dear lady, I don t ob-\\nject bring him in by all means but\\nLady C. But? What?\\nProthero. I might call up a few rather\\ndelicate domestic episodes\\nLady C. Of what nature\\nProthero. Well you are not quite un-\\nderstood at home not quite, quite appre-\\nciated, eh\\nLady C. {shakes her head at him, smiling).\\nOh yes, I am\\nProthero {same business at her). Oh no,\\nyou re not\\nLady C. Oh yes, I am\\nProthero. Oh no, you re not\\nLady C. Won t you allow me to know what\\nhappens in my own home\\nProthero. No. That is what I am here\\nto tell you. You are a woman of heart, a\\nwoman of feeling. Do you mean to tell me,\\nLady Clarabut, that you are valued at your\\nproper worth\\nLady C. No, my dear man, I don t Pm\\nnot valued at one hundredth part of my proper\\nworth, and I don t know any woman who is.\\nBut in the eternal mismanagement, misgovern-\\nment, and oppression of my sex by yours, I", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 31\\ndon t know that I ve very much to grumble at.\\nProthero. And you re thoroughly, abso-\\nlutely satisfied matrimonially\\nLady C. Thoroughly! absolutely!\\nProthero (^cordially). You are the only\\nwoman I ever met who was.\\nLady C. Have you finished with my do-\\nmestic affairs If so, I ll call in Mr. Lambert\\n{Going to door. Prothero makes a mo-\\ntion to stop her.^\\nLady C. You object\\nProthero. No but Mr. Lambert has a\\nprejudice against me\\nLady C. I ll give you a chance to remove\\nit. {Opens door, l.) Mr. Lambert\\nEnter George, l., bows to Prothero.\\nProthero. This is a little unusual, Mr.\\nLambert but I m quite willing to be cross-\\nexamined.\\nGeorge {seating himself^. Don t take any\\nnotice of me. Go on with Lady Clarabut as if\\nI weren t here. {Seats hifnself, watches keenly.\\nProthero. I m ready. Lady Clarabut.\\nLady C. {turns round very sharply and sud-\\ndenly). My first dance Where was it What\\nwas the man s name\\nProthero {very quiet, digfiified). Oh please", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "32 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\ngive me fair play Don t try to confuse me\\nNow a little more gentle if you please.\\nLady C. Where did I dance my first\\ndance\\nProthero {^puis himself in an attitude). I\\nsee a town there are hills all around and a\\ncastle somewhere in Scotland is it Edin-\\nburgh\\nLady C. Quite right. And the man s name\\nProthero (^again puts himself in attitude).\\nCaptain Captain (^suddenly) Captain Capen-\\nhurst\\nLady C. How did you know that\\nProthero. If I were to tell you, you would\\nbe as wise as I am. Another question, if you\\nplease. Have you thought of one\\nLady C. Yes.\\nProthero. Perhaps you would like me to\\ntell you what your question is\\nLady C. That would be clever of you.\\nProthero {again in attitude). Wait Wait\\nI see something you are a child a little\\ngirl it is somewhere in the countr)^ in the\\nWest of England you are ill in bed is it\\nwhooping-cough? No! It s measles! Am I\\nright\\nLady C. Yes. I was going to ask you\\nwhen and where I had the measles it was\\nwhen I was seven, at Cheltenham.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 33\\nProthero. What do you think of that, Mr.\\nLambert\\nGeorge. A wonderfully good shot, Mr.\\nProthero. Try again.\\nProthero. Ask me something else.\\nLady C. I ve thought of something. But\\ntell me again what I ve thought of\\nProthero. Oh, that s hardly fair. Still\\ninputs hi??iself in attitude Oh\\nLady C. What s the matter What do you\\nsee\\nProthero. Really do you wish me to\\ntell you what I see\\nLady C. By all means\\nProthero. You are in bed again I regret\\nto say you are drinking something hot in a\\ntumbler which (^sniffs) which (^sniffs) smells\\nlike whiskey. Am I right\\nLady C. Quite. {Suddenly.) You were in\\nthe next room just now You heard me\\nProthero. Lady Clarabut, please recall that.\\nLady C. I beg your pardon. (^Suddenly.)\\nTell me what I m thinking now\\nProthero {taken aback). What you are\\nthinking now\\nLady C. Yes. {Appealing with a glance to\\nGeorge, who rises. Very pere?nptorily.) What\\nam I thinking now\\n{Looking at him very keenly.)", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "34 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nProthero. You are thinking that I m one\\nof the biggest swindlers you ever met, and\\nyou never were more mistaken in your life\\nLady C. Good Shake hands. (^Holding\\nout hand, shaking hands cordially.) That s just\\nwhat I was thinking. (^To George.) Mr.\\nLambert, I ve done I hand him over to you.\\nEnter Miss Jenison, r., and crosses to l.\\nGeorge. Would you mind my putting a\\nfew questions to you in the presence of the\\ncompany\\nProthero. Not at all.\\n(^Exit Miss Jenison, l., leaves door\\nopen.\\nGeorge (^goes to door, l. Will you all\\nplease come in I am about to test Mr. Pro-\\nthero s powers.\\nEnter Lord John Bucklow, Sir William\\nClarabut, Nina, Mrs. Sydenham, Miss\\nProye, Mrs. Reffell, Lady Dovergreen\\ncoming in last, supported by Miss Jenison,\\nwho takes her to a chair, seats her comfortably,\\nand stays beside her during the following scene,\\nclosely watching.\\nLord John fat, disabled, hobbling old", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 35\\naristocratic personage about seventy-five, with dis-\\njointed speech, ifivoltmtary whistlings, sphitter-\\nings, and nervous grimaces and twitchings of\\nfeatures.) Where is this fellow, what s his\\nname? (^Little nervous whistle of few fiotes.)\\nOh, here you are. {Hobbles up to Prothero.\\nI want to ask you name of little hussy\\n{whistle) I took to Switzerland eighteen-forty-\\nnine dark girl with curls {Gri?nace.)\\nLady C. Hush, Lord Johnny 3^ou really\\nmust begin to reform 1\\nLord John. I will I will I ll begin to-\\nmorrow morning dammy, yes reform. I ll\\ntell my man to remind me. {To Prothero.)\\nI say\\n{Fulls down Prothero s head to his,\\nwhispers.\\nProthero. I think, Lord John, we have\\nrevelled enough in your past for one evening.\\nCome to me in Bond street one day, and I ll\\nrefresh your memory.\\nLord John. Thank you thank you so\\nmuch dammy, so much!\\n{By this ti7?ie all have entered.)\\nGeorge. Mr. Prothero has kindly per-\\nmitted me to put a few questions to him.\\nYou profess to be able to see the past lives\\nof those who come to you. (Prothero bows.)\\nCan you see my past", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "36 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nProthero. Quite clearly.\\nGeorge. My childhood\\nProthero. Quite clearly. Would you like\\nme to try and recall a few memories\\nGeorge. Yes. If you have this power you\\nwill be able to supplement my few recollec-\\ntions so as to bring into my memory other\\ncircumstances connected with them. For in-\\nstance, I vaguely remember a summer night,\\nand some gardens, and a lady singing\\nProthero {throwing himself into his charac-\\nteristic attitude). The concert is over in the\\ncrush you are separated from your from the\\nman and woman who are with you you get\\nlost the man searches all over the gardens\\nfor you you are crying bitterly at last he\\nfinds you and takes you in his arms and\\nkisses you again and again you are very\\ntired you have to walk home the man is\\ntired too he throws you over his shoulder\\nand you fall asleep the man drags on\u00e2\u0080\u0094 you\\nwake up crying you are hungry the man\\ntries to get you something to eat all the\\nshops are closed he stops at a coffee-stall\\nand gives you some coffee and bread and but-\\nter just as it is beginning to grow light you\\neat hungrily you kiss him and fall asleep\\nagain with your arms hanging round his neck.\\nDoes that agree with your remembrance", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE ROGUE S COMEDY 37\\nGeorge. Yes Yes Tell me No\\nProthero. You wish me to recall some\\nother memories\\nGeorge. Not here not now.\\nProthero. Why not? Recall this scene\\na man is playing a concertina on a river steam-\\nboat. As he comes off the boat a woman meets\\nhim and gives him a warning. Do you follow\\nGeorge. Yes\\nProthero. He takes a cab, drives hurriedly\\naway with you and the woman\\nGeorge. Stop.\\nProthero. No. The man\\nGeorge. Stop.\\nProthero {pauses. Looks round I ll com-\\nplete the picture for you alone.\\nGeorge. No\\nProthero. If you please You have ques-\\ntioned my powers. I wish to convince you\\nOne moment {Draws him aside, whispers He\\ntakes you to a house close to a railway the\\ntrains are rattling over your head some men\\nare smoking, drinking, swearing, playing cards\\nthe police burst in the man snatches you up\\nand tries to escape he is overpowered he is\\ndragged away the woman cries and takes you\\nwith her. {Aloud.) Will you please tell the\\ncompany, Mr. Lambert, if I have rightly recalled\\nyour past", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "38 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act i\\nGeorge. I own you have perfectly\\nbut\\nProthero. You still doubt me.\\nRe-e7iter Sir Thomas Dovergreen and Mr.\\nSydenham reading telegram. Tommy in wild\\nexcitement takes telegra?n from Sydenham,\\ncomes up to Prothero, takes his hand, shakes\\nit warmly.\\nTommy. Thanks, dear old boy Cable from\\nKoppiesfontein splendid news shares will be\\nup to par to-morrow (^Showing cablegra^n to\\nProthero). I ve landed eight thousand pounds\\nI m going to make you a present of one of\\nem for giving me the tip. Pen and ink.\\n(^Takes out a cheque-book, sits down to\\nwrite.\\nLord John. I say dear boy, what is this\\nconfounded mine dammy er it is worth\\ngoing in for\\nSyd. Mr. Prothero, what are the future\\nprospects of Koppiesfontien\\nReff. Shall you be at liberty to-morrow?\\nCan you call at my office in the city I should\\nlike to talk this over with you, Mr. Prothero\\nTommy (^handing cheque to Prothero). No,\\nReffell, my boy Prothero is my pal. There s\\na cheque for a thousand down on account, dear\\nold boy. (Prothero takes cheque^.", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "ACT I THE ROGUE S COMEDY 39\\nLady C. It seems strange, Mr. Prothero, if\\nyou have this wonderful power of foreseeing\\nevents, that you haven t taken advantage of it\\nto make a fortune for yourself.\\nProthero {looking at cheque Pve never had\\nthe chance, Lady Clarabut. But I mean to\\nnow Sir Thomas, are you disposed to join me\\nin a little speculation\\nLady C. {deprecatingly). No, Tommy\\nTommy. Yes, auntie (7b Prothero.) Join\\nyou? Won t I? And only too glad Make\\nme your banker Here s my cheque-book\\nwhenever you want it. You write out the\\ncheques, Pll sign them. Pm game for what you\\nlike, and to any amount\\nProthero. Mr. Reffell, I will call on you in\\nthe city to-morrow. I shall have some very\\nlarge investments to make.\\nReff. By all means. At what time may I\\nexpect you\\nProthero. At eleven. Has any lady or\\ngentleman any other inquiry to make of me\\nNo If you will please excuse me. Lady Dov-\\nergreen, I have had a most fatiguing evening\\nGood-night, ladies and gentlemen Good-night\\nto you all {Exif).\\nCurtain.\\n{Four months pass between Acts I and II.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "ACT II\\nScene Mr. Bailey Prothero s Flat, Audley\\nMansions, Mount Street\\nA handsomely furnished dining-room. Door at\\nback door L. Along the right side of room a\\ntable littered with remains of luncheon, wine\\nand liqueur bottles, dessert plates, boxes of cigars,\\ncigarettes, plates, dishes, serviettes, coffee service\\nand cups, etc.\\nDiscover seated at table Prothero, The Marquis\\nOF Bicester, Lord John Bucklow, Mr.\\nSydenham, Mr. Hubbock, Mr. Pinniger,\\nMr. Reffell, Mr. Chester, and Sir Thomas\\nDovergreen, smoking, drinking liqueurs and\\ncoffee. As curtain rises, Tommy gets on his legs.\\nHis speech is frequently interrupted with excla-\\nmations of approval.\\nTommy. Lord Bicester, and gentlemen, you\\nmay think by my assuming this familiar attitude\\nthat I m going to make a common or garden\\n(40)", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 41\\nfool of myself. I m not A little friendly\\nluncheon like this ain t the time for letting off\\nany superfluous piffle in the way of a speech.\\nSo I ll cut the cackle and come to business.\\nWe are here to form a snug little syndicate\\nunder the advice and direction of our worthy\\nhost, Mr. Bailey Prothero. It has been asked\\nby certain persons, whom I will briefly describe\\nas beastly duffling rank outsiders, ^Who is Mr.\\nBailey Prothero What has Mr. Bailey\\nProthero done Where does Mr. Bailey Pro-\\nthero come from, and who are his ancestors\\nLord Bicester and gentlemen in reply to the\\nquestion, Who is Mr. Bailey Prothero?\\nI answer, He is the jolly good fellow and dear\\nold pal who sits there at the head of the table,\\nsmoking his cigar and liquoring up as calmly\\nas if he hadn t got more brains in his little\\nfinger than all the rest of us have got in all\\nour heads and bodies put together\\nProthero. Oh, no, Tommy oh, no! No\\npsychology, please\\nTommy. Yes, you have, Bailey And you\\nknow you have In reply to the question,\\n**What has Mr. Bailey Prothero done? I an-\\nswer, During the last three months he has\\ngiven me the straightest of straight tips,\\nwhereby I have lined my breeches pockets\\nwith metal images of Her Majesty to the tune", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "42 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nof ten thousand quid sterling. And that is\\nquite good enough for this sportsman In\\nreply to the further question, Where does Mr.\\nBailey Prothero come from, and who are his\\nancestors? I answer, I don t know, and I\\nthundering well don t care I have ancestors\\nof my own, and while Bailey (^pointing affection-\\nately to Prothero) continues to supply me with\\nstraight tips, I will supply him with ancestors.\\nHe is welcome to mine if he wants any. I place\\nthe whole boiling of them freely at his dis-\\nposal\\nProthero. Thank you. Tommy, thank you.\\nTommy. As freely as I place at his disposal\\nmy cheque-book, my friendship, my hand, my\\nheart, my all. Lord Bicester and gentlemen, I\\nask you to drink the health of our host and the\\nboss of our syndicate, Mr. Bailey Prothero\\nthe best and straightest fellow that ever\\nbreathed He will stick to you as he has\\nstuck to me, and I will stick to him as long as\\nhe s got his honest old hand to hold out to a\\nfriend, as long as his dear old mug and his\\nvenerable locks waggle above his shoulders,\\nand as long as he has got a straight tip to\\ngive me Gentlemen, without any further\\ntommy-rot, I give you Mr. Bailey Prothero,\\nand the South African and Australian Gold\\nand Land Investment Bank. (^Sits down", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 43\\n(Lord John gets up. During his speech\\nhe is constantly interrupted and encour-\\naged by cries of Hear, hear Bravo,\\nLord Johnny, etc.\\nLord John. My dear Bicester and gentle-\\nmen {splutters I wish to add my testimony\\n{whistles a few notes to that of my enthusiastic\\nyoung friend who has just sat down {smacks his\\nlips) to the merits of our worthy host dammy.\\nI have arrived at time of Hfe {grimace) when\\nhaving exhausted all other delights {whistles a\\nfew notes) I have nothing before me dammy\\nbut an old age of sincere repentence {whistles)\\nfor having enjoyed myself to the best of my\\npowers every day dammy and all day long\\nfor the last seventy-two years. {Smack of lips.)\\nProvidence, having blessed me {spluttering) with\\nwonderful constitution {grimace) and having\\ngiven me dammy most expensive and exclu-\\nsive tastes in wine {grimace) in food in cigars\\nin clothes and in love {whistles a few notes\\nforgot dammy to provide me with any solid\\nand visible means of indulging those tastes.\\n{Splutters and whistles.) I was therefore com-\\npelled either to live {smack of lips) life of most\\noffensive virtue and industr}^ {whistles) or to\\ngratify those tastes dammy at other people s\\nexpense. {Grimace.) I took latter alternative.\\nBut just as other people were {smack) were", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "44 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\ngetting tired of this arrangement, I had good\\nfortune (whistles) to meet with our worthy host,\\nMr. Mr. Mr. {grimace) HeobHgingly made\\nuse of my name, and in return gave me most\\nuseful advice (^spluttering) with regard to cer-\\ntain dammy mines. I have not the remotest\\nidea where those mines are situated (whistles)\\nI do not know how our worthy host obtained his\\ninformation I only wish to express my implicit\\nconfidence in Mr.\\nProthero. Bailey Prothero.\\nLord John. Mr. Bailey Prothero s judg-\\nment (^grimace). Through acting on his ad-\\nvice I have satisfied my most rapacious cred-\\nitors, and I have also {spluttering) provided my\\ndeclining years with the bare necessaries of\\nlife including some thirty dozens of eighty-\\nnine champagne. And, my dear Bicester I\\nhope you will no longer hesitate to follow the\\nexample which as your uncle and mentor I\\nhave set you (^chorus of Hear, Hear/ and\\njoin us on the prospectus of this Trust or\\nBank or whatever the damned thing is\\ncalled. I drink to Mr. Bailey Prothero and\\nSouth African, South American confounded\\ncompany dammy {Sits down amidst chorus\\nof ^^Hear, Hear and ^Bra7jo, Johnny, They\\nall rise and drink to Prothero, calling ouij\\nProthero/ Now, Prothero/ Bailey/", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 45\\nProthero (rising). Lord Bicester, Lord\\nJohn, and gentlemen, I thank you most heart-\\nily for the cordial way in which you have\\ndrunk my health, and for the confidence you\\nhave reposed in me and the great enterprise\\nupon which we have embarked. I am always\\ndeeply touched by proofs of confidence. It is\\nmy nature to be sensitive on this point. Con-\\nfidence is the one thing I cannot live without.\\nI own I have felt wounded by some remarks\\nmade by Lord Bicester as to the soundness\\nof our undertaking\\nLord B. Oh, Mr. Prothero, I assure you\\nI assure you\\nProthero. You are perhaps right to be\\ncareful, Lord Bicester, but I felt wounded\\nnone the less. I have been challenged both\\nin public and private as to the sources of my\\ninformation, the precise means by which I was\\nable to foretell the enormous rise that has\\ntaken place in certain mining shares during\\nthe last few months. Gentlemen, I absolutely\\ndecline to explain the nature of those gifts of\\ninsight and prediction whereby I have been so\\nsuccessful. I will not lay bare the workings\\nof my soul to any one. In reply to the charges\\nof imposture and swindling that are so freely\\nbrought against me by a certain weekly paper,\\nI triumphantly point to the results I have", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "46 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nachieved. (^Cries of Bear, Hear/ Have I\\nbeen successful in advising you to embark in\\ncertain enterprises? {^Cries of You have.\\nHave I put money in your pockets, or have I not?\\nTommy (^slaps his pockets^ which jingle with\\ncoin). You have You have\\nProthero. Then I claim your confidence\\nfor the future. Confidence is what I demand.\\nConfidence is what I must have if the affairs\\nof this company are to be brought to a suc-\\ncessful issue under my advice. Our friend\\nMr. Hubbock may float our company as he\\nhas floated others, our friend Mr. Reffell may\\nwork it, our friend Mr. Sydenham may go\\nto South Africa and Australia and report\\non the various properties, and our dear old\\nfriend the British public may subscribe for\\nour shares, but unless I have your implicit\\nconfidence, the South African and Australian\\nGold and Land Investment Bank will come\\nto grief, as surely as surely as my name\\nis Bailey Prothero. For the last time, Lord\\nBicester, all of you, if you have not the\\nutmost confidence in me, say so now, and\\nleave me leave me to develop this scheme,\\nand pocket the proceeds myself\\n(^Cries of No, no, no/\\nTommy. No, no, go on, you old mascot,\\ngo on", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 47\\nProthero {shaking hands all round). Thank\\nyou, gentlemen Thank you for this proof of\\nyour confidence. With that assured we march\\nto certain victory. I foresee plainly a great\\nand glorious future for South Africa. I foresee\\nplainly a great and glorious future for Aus-\\ntralia. I foresee plainly a great and glorious\\nfuture for ourselves. I thank you for your\\nconfidence. If that confidence is misplaced,\\nlet any man come to me five years from to-day\\nand tell me so. And I will meet him face to\\nface and frankly own that I was mistaken\\n(^Loud applause fro7n the compa^iy as he\\nsiis down a little movement a?nongst\\nthem one or two guests get up and\\ntalk apart.\\nSyd. I must be going, Prothero. I have\\nheaps of things to do if I start next week for\\nthe Cape.\\nProthero. If you start next week for the\\nCape You do start, my dear Sydenham. We\\nrely upon you to supplement my advice.\\nReff. And I must be getting back to the\\nCity.\\nHub. One word I must know to-night for\\ncertain whether we are to have Lord Bicester s\\nname on our prospectus.\\nProthero. What do you say, Lord Bi-\\ncester? We are waiting for your decision", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "48 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nLord B. {a very mild, timid, nervous man\\nabout forty Well, Mr. Prothero of course\\nif the thing is all right I should be delighted\\nto join you\\nProthero {very sternly). If the thing is\\nall right, Lord Bicester If the thing is all\\nright\\nLord B. Yes understand me I don t\\nwish to convey that the thing is not all\\nright in fact I m convinced that the thing\\nis all right quite all right\\nProthero (^/^;2/^/y). Well?\\nLord B. Only don t you know I don t\\nwish to lend my name to anything that is not\\nquite all right.\\nProthero {decisively). Mr. Hubbock, please\\nto withdraw Lord Bicester s name from the\\nprospectus. He will not join us.\\nLord B. Oh yes, oh yes, I fully intend\\nto\\nProthero. I would prefer you should not.\\nLord B. Oh yes. I quite accept your\\nassurance that the thing is all right. Mr.\\nHubbock, I go in with you. You may restore\\nmy name to your prospectus.\\nHub. Thank you. Lord Bicester. Come,\\nReff ell Sydenham General hand- shaking).\\nSyd. See you to-morrow, Prothero.\\n{Shaking hands.)", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 49\\nProthero. I shall be free at eleven.\\n(^Shaking hands with Reffell and Hubbock.)\\n(^Exeunt Reffell, Hubbock, and Syden-\\nham.\\nProthero. Chester, Pinniger, are you\\ngoing\\n(^Shaking hands with them.\\nChester. We must, dear old fellow.\\n{Exeunt Chester and Pinniger.)\\nLord John. Bye-bye. I say my dear boy,\\nI cannot remember name of that little hussy\\n{whistles^ that I took to Switzerland year\\neighteen-forty-nine you told me all about her\\nlittle dark girl\\nProthero. Hush Lord John Business\\nBusiness Love is the business of our youth\\nBusiness is the business of our maturer\\nyears.\\nLord John. No No Dear boy Love,\\ndear boy Love! love! love is the only\\nbusiness that is worth doing on this con-\\nfounded planet of ours. Love Love\\n{Whistles.^ Come along, Bicester I cannot\\nremember name of that little hussy dammy\\nWhistles. Exit.\\nLord B. Good-day, Mr. Prothero de-\\nlighted to join you {nervously). One word\\nin strict confidence you ll excuse me the\\nthing is quite all right, eh eh", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "50 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nProthero slightly winks at him, laughs,\\nand grasps his hand. Exit Lord\\nBicester with satisfied expression on\\nhis face.\\nTommy. Good-bye, dear old chum. (^Looks\\nat him. By Jove, Bailey, the more I look at\\nyou, the more I wonder how that one darned\\nold head of yours holds all your brains\\nProthero. It is a tight fit.\\nTommy. How d ye do it, eh, Bailey?\\nProthero (^slightly winks at him, laughs,\\nshakes head). Pocket your profits, Tommy,\\nand don t ask questions.\\nTommy. I won t. Only, I say, Bailey\\n{very confidentially) Is there anything in this\\ninner vision, or is it all tommy-rot, eh?\\nProthero looks at him calmly and very\\nviciously for some moments, then speaks). If you\\ninsult me by asking me that question again,\\nI ll call up my man and I ll have you placed\\non the outside of my front door with instruc-\\ntions that you never see the inside of it again.\\nTommy. I beg your pardon. Dear old\\nboy, I didn t mean it. You ll look over it\\nProthero. This time, yes. But under-\\nstand me, if you dare to question my powers\\nagain, either to yourself or to any living\\nman\\nTommy. I won t, dear old man. I won t,", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 51\\nI assure you. I believe in you thoroughly\\nonly I don t quite know how it s done. Shake\\nhands, dear old fellow.\\n(Prothero shakes hands reluctantly.\\nTommy (^shaking hands). I m awfully sorry.\\nI say, we have been landing em lately, haven t\\nwe Tapping his breeches pockets.)\\nProthero. We have been landing them\\nlately.\\n(^They both stand tapping their breeches\\npockets a?id laughing.)\\nTommy {shaking hands). Bye-bye, dear old\\nBailey. {Goes to door, about to exit; returns.)\\nI can t help it. I must come and have another\\nlook at you. You are a clever devil. I must\\nshake hands once again, dear old boy.\\n{Another hand-shake and laugh; taps\\nbreeches pockets, Prothero does same.\\nExit Tommy, laughing.)\\nProthero {laughs in harmony with Tommy.\\nWhen Tommy exits he continues laughing changes\\nthe tone of his laugh it grows louder and fiercer\\nand more conte?nptuous laughs again and again\\ncontemptuously). My fools My fools My\\nfools My pretty, pretty, pretty fools My\\nteam of fools My perfect world of perfect\\nfools\\nEnter Palmer, showing in Miss Jenison.\\nPalmer {announces). Miss Jenison. {Exit.)", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "52 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act il\\nMiss J. George\\nProthero {watches Palmer offy executes a\\nfew steps of a dance round her). Come in\\nMake yourself at home, Mrs. Bailey Prothero,\\nalias Mrs. Stanley Browne, alias Miss Jenison,\\nalias Mrs. George Jackman\\nMiss J. Hush Hush How did the\\nluncheon go off\\nProthero. Rumbo\\nMiss J. And the Company Have you\\nstarted it\\nProthero. Yes Pve bagged the Marquis\\nof Bicester I bluffed and bullied him into\\nit, and Pve got all these sharp city men in\\ntow, Reffell, Sydenham, Hubbock, the whole\\npack of them They re teaching me a high\\nold game, and they think Pm teaching them.\\nAnd the devil of it is Pm nearly always right\\nDid you ever know such luck Luck It\\ncan t be luck! There must be something in\\nit There must be a little cherub sitting up\\naloft with special instructions to take care of\\nme. I can t go wrong Lizzie, in six months\\nI shall be making so much money I shan t\\nknow what to do with it Come Sit down\\nand enjoy yourself Take off your hat and\\ncoat\\nMiss J. Shan t I shock that respectable\\nman-servant of yours", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 53\\nProthero. Shock him Do him good\\nRespectability be hanged I ve had all these\\nswells to luncheon till I m simply bursting\\nwith respectability. Sixpen orth more will\\nbe the death of me. Take them off, my girl\\n{^Unfastening her cape and iakifig off her hat.^\\nTake them off Why do you wear such things\\nas these\\n(^Flinging her cloak on one side, pitching\\nher hat on to his toe, and kicking it\\nacross the room.^\\nMiss J. Oh, George, my best hat\\nProthero (^banging the feathers abouf). And\\na damned bad one it is. Get another one,\\nmy girl It s not good enough for you\\n(^Cuffing it about.) Here! {Taking out a leather\\npocket-book fro?n his pocket, and a bundle of notes\\nfro7n it, stuffing them into her hand.) Go and\\nspend some of my money Go and buy up\\nMarshall and Snelgrove Buy up Lewis and\\nAllenby And then come back and ask for\\nmore, .God bless you Sit down. Have a\\ndrink Put a name on it, Chartreuse, Maras-\\nchino, Cura^oa, Champagne\\nMiss J. Champagne.\\nProthero. Rumbo Eighty-four. We ll\\nhave it in the tankard that young guffin gave\\nme for stuffing him about the mines. {Pouring\\nout champagne into a tankard that sta?ids on the", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "54 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\ntable, giving it to her.) There And before we\\nturn over our new leaf I ll give you a toast\\nThe past, old girl\\nMiss J. The past {Drinking.\\nProthero. The jolly, rowdy, rollicking old\\npast Lizzie, this is better than playing the\\nconcertina.\\n(^Humming a so7ig, with the fnotion of play\\ni?ig the concertina.\\nProthero. Lizzie, I ve been to look at a\\nhouse in Park Lane this morning\\nMiss J. Park Lane?!\\nProthero. Yes Why not What a fool\\nI was not to try honesty first What a fortune\\nI should have made by this time\\nMiss J. And you do mean to try honesty\\nnow, don t you, dear, for all the rest of your\\nlife?\\nProthero. Of course I do I always have\\nbeen as honest as circumstances permitted.\\nNo man can say more. And the richer I grow,\\nthe honester I get Besides, there s no need\\nto be dishonest in London There are so\\nmany ways of swindling the people honestly.\\nHere, take this order to view the house. Go\\nand look over it this afternoon, and come back\\nand tell me how you like it.\\nMiss J. {taking house agenfs order from Pro-\\nthero). George, don t you think if we make", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 55\\ntoo much of a stir in the world something may\\nturn up\\nProthero. Not it It s a good many years\\nago. Nobody s likely to recognize us. If any-\\nthing ever does turn up, put it all on to me.\\nMiss J. In this world or the next?\\nProthero. Oh, dear There s that con-\\nscience of yours bobbing up again That s the\\nworst of you, Lizzie. Just when everything is\\nserene and beautiful, the birds are chirruping\\naround us, the flowers are blooming on every\\nside, we go festively along hand in hand sipping\\nthe sweets of life together, when all of a sudden\\nup bobs that confounded conscience of yours\\nand sheds a sickly gloom over the whole land-\\nscape Shut him up in his box, there s a dear\\ngirl. Shut him up and keep him there\\nMiss J. Forgive me, George. You know\\nwhat my people were before they came down in\\nthe world, and how strictly I was brought up.\\nAnd when I think of my sister Annie, and how\\nreally good she was\\nProthero. Strike an average She was\\ngood enough for both of you. Thank God\\nthere was so much goodness in the family.\\nCome, drop it It s all done with There s\\nonly one step between a rogue and an honest\\nman, and I ve taken that step, once and for\\nall!", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "56 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nEnter Palmer, brmging a lady s visiting card\\non tray.\\nPalmer. Lady wishes to see you, sir.\\nProthero. Another of em I can t see\\nher. Tell her that the constant exercise of my\\npowers of second-sight has completely shattered\\nmy nervous system. My physician has posi-\\ntively forbidden me to use them upon all ordi-\\nnary subjects. Has Mr. Lambert called\\nPalmer. No, sir.\\nProthero. Show him up when he does.\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. There s a shabby party\\nin the hall, sir. He says you ve lost a diamond\\nstud and he s found it, and he won t give it up\\nto any one but you.\\nProthero. I ve not lost any diamond stud.\\nPalmer. No, sir.\\nProthero. Show him the door, and take\\ncare of the coats and umbrellas.\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. And you can t see this\\nlady to-morrow or at any time\\nProthero {impatimily No, no. I cannot.\\nI will not wreck my nervous system to satisfy\\ntheir idle curiosity. Tell that to all of them.\\n(^Exit Palmer.) I say, Lizzie I gave up the\\nfortune-telling business just in time. You re-\\nmember that Mrs. Enderfield that we couldn t\\nget to know anything about", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 57\\nMiss J. The pretty little dark woman\\nProthero. Yes. I plunged into her do-\\nmestic experiences and put my foot in it. Her\\nhusband came and kicked up a devil of a row\\nwanted to shoot me. I m well out of it, Lizzie.\\nLucky these mines turned up just in time\\nMiss J. George, don t you think we d bet-\\nter\\nProthero. Now I know what s coming\\nHe s going to bob up again. Shut him up\\nShut him up Put him in his box.\\nMiss J. Is George coming this afternoon\\nProthero. Yes. I asked him to lunch, but\\nhe wouldn t come.\\nMiss J. Why not?\\nProthero. He won t accept my hospitality.\\nHe won t let me put any good things in his\\nway. He only comes because he thinks that\\nI can tell him something about his father and\\nmother.\\nMiss J. But you won t\\nProthero. Yes, I shall some day.\\nMiss J. No, no, George. Our promise to\\nAnnie you know it was a sacred promise when\\nshe took him and educated him that we would\\nnever claim him.\\nProthero. Promises Pancakes I m\\ngoing to claim my son. He s clever, Lizzie.\\nHe s clever. I sneaked into court the other", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "58 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT ii\\nday and heard him plead. Oh he s clever I\\ncan t help feeling proud of him, though he\\ndoes come here and insult me. By Jove,\\nLizzie, there must be a lot of latent honesty\\nin me to be the father of a boy like that I\\nsuppose honesty s like the gout, it runs in\\ncertain families for several generations, and\\nthen it skips a generation. It tried to skip\\nme, and nearly succeeded.\\nMiss J. George, you won t tell him?\\nProthero. Why not?\\nMiss J. He has set his heart upon this\\ngirl. If we keep quiet, and he s successful at\\nthe bar, I feel sure Lady Clarabut will give\\nher consent in a year or two. But if we tell\\nhim\\nProthero. What then\\nMiss J. He knows that there is something\\ndisreputable connected with his father and\\nmother. He ll never rest till he finds out\\nwhat it is.\\nProthero. We ll tell him ourselves. We\\ncan skip the worst, and let ourselves down\\ngently.\\nMiss J. {shakes heady He ll drag it all\\nout.\\nProthero. Well What if he does\\nMiss J. He ll be bound in honour either\\nto tell Lady Clarabut or", "height": "3057", "width": "2026", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 59\\nProthero. Honour Pancakes Let him\\nkeep his mouth shut and marry the girl.\\nMiss J. He won t do that. He ll give her\\nup. And what will he think of us What\\nwill he think of me How he will hate and\\ndespise me\\nProthero. He shan t despise you, Lizzie.\\nIf he must have a parent to despise, let him\\ntake it out of me. But, wait a few months,\\ntill I ve made my pile, and we ve moved into\\nour house in Park Lane. Then I ll heap coals\\nof fire on his head Wait, wait He won t\\nrefuse to be my heir. He can t be so honest\\nas all that Yes, wait till the right moment\\ncomes, and we ll own our boy, and he shall\\nown us, too Now, about our wedding\\nMiss J. I suppose we shall have to be re-\\nmarried\\nProthero. Of course we must. Lucky\\ndevil I am to marry a woman like you twice\\nover\\nMiss J. It won t be illegal, will it?\\nProthero. Not a bit. The more married\\nwe are the more respectable we become.\\nWe ll hurry things up. We ll have a splendid\\nturn-out this time, old girl, very different from\\nour first wedding. Lord Bicester has got a\\ncousin a bishop. I wonder whether we could\\nnobble the bishop for the ceremony", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "60 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nEnter Palmer, with letter on tray.\\nPalmer. The shabby party has come back,\\nsir, and asked me to give you this.\\n(Prothero takes letter^ which is written\\non a dirty sheet of note-paper^ enclosed\\nin a dirty envelope, opens it, shows\\nannoyance, with shade of fright.\\nPalmer. He says he s sure you ll see\\nhim, sir.\\nProthero {Jiaving glanced through letter). It s\\nall right, Palmer I have lost a diamond stud.\\nShow the man up. (^Exit Palmer.)\\nProthero. (^Gives letter to Miss Jenison, in\\nan alarmed whisper.) It s Bob Gushing.\\nMiss J. Gushing What will you do\\nTakifig letter.\\nProthero. S hush\\nOpens door R., motions her in, puts finger\\non lip, closes door after her turns to\\nthe other door, where Mr. Robert\\nGushing enters, shown in by Palmer,\\nwho withdraws, closing the door after\\nhim.\\nMr. Robert Gushing is a disreputable\\npersonage of about fifty -five, with face\\ngiving evidences of past joviality, dis-\\nsipation and depravity unshaven, very\\nshabbily dressed in a dirty, light, long", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 61\\ncoatj with capacious pockets in front\\nand also behind. This coat buttons\\nover a very dirty flannel shirt. He\\nhas no waistcoat and no tie. A limp^\\ndirty white collar^ black, shiny, greasy,\\nfrayed trousers a shabby, shapeless,\\nlow black hat, with a very narrow\\nbrim old boots, showing a bit of\\nstockings at the toe baiid of crape on\\nhis arm. He enters, looks round in\\namazement at the rooni, whistles as-\\ntonishment,\\nCusH. Georgy, dear old pal, your diggings?\\nProthero (^curtly). No belongs to a\\nfriend of mine. What do you want here\\nCusH. Well, I happened to be passing I\\nsaw you come in I knew I should be wel-\\ncome\\nProthero. Whom did you ask for down-\\nstairs\\nCusH. Well, I didn t ast for Mr. Long-\\nFirm Jackman. I ast for the guv ner, not\\nknowing exactly what your name is at pres-\\nent. (^Looking again round the room.) So you\\nain t the guv ner, then\\nProthero. No. Pm here for a few days\\ntill my friend comes back. Bob, where can I\\nsee you to-night on important business\\nCusH. Outside the old place in Soho", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "62 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nProthero. Right. Be there at ten. Clear\\nout now.\\n(^Goes to door, tries to get Gushing to-\\nwards it.\\nCusH. Wait a bit, Georgy. You needn t\\nbe in such a hurry to get rid of me.\\nProthero. Well, what the devil do you\\nwant\\nCusH. Well, look at me What is there I\\ndon t want It ain t kind of you to show me\\nthe door the first blessed minute I meet you.\\n(^A little snivel.) And such pals as we always\\nwas And after all I ve suffered.\\n(^A little snivel.\\nProthero. Well, what have you suf-\\nfered\\nCusH. (^Edging towards table.) Suffered?\\nOh, Lord Gracious goodness Well There\\nWhat haven t I suffered And the worst of\\nall is the utter want of self-respect. That s\\nwhat s the matter with me, Georgy. {By this\\ntime he has got to luncheon table, and is peering\\namongst the dishes and bottles.) Does there hap-\\npen to be a toothful of anything wet about\\n(^Takes up tankard, dri?iks after a mouthful\\nremoves it from his lips.) Golly Fizz {Drains\\nit, and seats himself co??ifortably on end chair,\\nwhich is turned towards audience. Prothero\\nshows great disgust and impatience.) Suffered", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "ACT 11 THE ROGUE S COMEDY 63\\nWell There The trouble I ve had would\\nhave broke the heart of a bullock.\\n(^During the following scene Prothero\\nshows great disgust and impatience^\\na7id gives vent to contempttious excla-\\nmations. Gushing eyes the things on\\nthe table and, as Prothero s back is\\nturned, drops a box of cigars and a\\ncouple of spoons into his poeket at\\nsuitable mo7nents.\\nCusH (^continuijig). My poor, dear wife,\\nGeorgy You knew her. She always admired\\nyou. She said if it came to sheer intellect,\\nthat old Gladstone wasn t in it with you Ah\\n(/i* overcofne with reminiscences.) What that\\ndear martyr endured\\nProthero {curtly). What was the matter\\nwith her?\\nCush. Internal complications. Oh, Lord\\nHer poor dear legs swelled till they was as\\nthick as my body. Gracious goodness Well\\nThere {Drops a spoon into his pocket.) And\\nnow she s gone {Cries a little).\\nProthero. Gone I should think she\\nis And very glad she must have been to get\\nthe chance\\nCush. Why so, Georgy\\nProthero. You were always beating and\\nkicking her, and swearing at her.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "64 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nCusH. That s it, Georgy That s it, dear\\nold pal It s that what makes it so hard to\\nbear. The memory of what that poor dear\\nangel went through, and all along of me And\\nhow she loved me for it Oh, Lord Gra-\\ncious goodness Well There {Cries.^\\nProthero, When did she die\\nCusH. Two years ago last January. I\\nwouldn t tell you a lie about it.\\n(^At this moment his hand is toying, as if\\ncarelessly, with a spoon which is near\\nhim on the table. Prothero remarks\\nthe action, goes behind him, lifts his\\nhand carefully away from the table, and\\nplaces it on his chest in front of him.\\nProthero then glances over the table,\\nfnisses the articles that have go7ie.^\\nProthero {ordinary voice Get up, Bob.\\nCusH. Eh\\nProthero. Get up\\nCusH. Me\\nProthero {makes move7nent to indicate him\\nto rise. Gushing rises reluctantly). Turn out\\nyour pockets.\\nGush. Eh\\n(Prothero poi?its peremptorily to his\\npockets. Gushing draws out a box\\nof cigars. Prothero takes it and\\nplaces it on the table, comes back again.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 65\\npoints peremptorily to Gushing s pock-\\nets. Gushing then more reluctantly\\ndraws out two spoons. Prothero\\ntakes them, places them on table,\\nglances round to see that all is safe,\\nmoves Gushing s chair right away\\nfrom the table.\\nProthero. Have you anything more to\\nsay\\nGush. Well, dear old pal, what am I to\\ndo? That s the question as confronts me. I\\nast you that. Look there (^Opens his coat\\nand shows an absence of waistcoat.^ My coat s\\naway for four bob {producing pawn-ticket.\\nThere s the ticket I wouldn t tell you a lie\\nabout it. What am I to do, old pal\\n(Prothero looks at him for some seconds.)\\nProthero. Do you think you ve sense\\nenough to hold your tongue and honesty enough\\nto be honest to me if I trusted you?\\nGush. Fll try, Georgy. I think I could\\nbe honest if I tried. And if it was made\\nworth my while.\\nProthero {looking him up and down).\\nYou re a sweet-looking object I shall have\\nto fake you up a good bit.\\nGush. Don t you be afraid of that, dear\\nold pal I can pass muster for a gentleman\\nanywhere, and in any company, providin I m", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "66 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\ntogged out, and keep my blessed mouth\\nshut.\\nProthero. Keep it shut altogether. Now\\nYou ll start for South Africa at once, and\\nyou ll watch another man I m sending out and\\ncable me exactly what he s doing.\\nCusH. Right. And what will the remu-\\nneration be\\nProthero. Not a farthing. Just your ex-\\npenses till your work is done. Then if you ve\\ndone it well and kept your mouth shut, leave\\nit to me.\\nCusH. All right, Georgy. I throw myself\\non your honour and, I say, have you got\\nsuch a thing as a decent coat and an at with\\na little shape in it? {Showing his hat. Pro-\\nthero rings bell.) And just a quid or a\\nfiver make it a fiver, dear old Georgy for\\nthe sake of old times. How s the missus\\nyou ll excuse my not asting for her before\\nProthero {giving him a note). Yes, if\\nyou never ask for her again.\\nEntei Palmer.\\nProthero. Palmer, this man has found a\\ndiamond stud of mine. Give him the old\\novercoat and hat that Pve left off, and show\\nhim the door.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 67\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. Lady Clarabut and\\nMiss Clarabut have just driven up, sir.\\n(Gushing shows i7iterest at mention of\\nLady Clarabut s name.)\\nProthero. Show them up. Palmer. (^Exit\\nPalmer.) Now be off. I ll give you all the\\nparticulars when I see you to-night.\\n(Gushing has got towards table and is\\neyeing the spoons. Prothero glances\\nsharply at him.)\\nGush. I hope you ll look over the spoons,\\nGeorgy it ain t that I m bad by nature, its\\nonly my prepensities you know that. As a\\nkid I was most respectable and pious But\\nwhat did I do I went and broke my dear\\nold father s and mother s hearts I did both\\nof em. And what followed Loss of self-\\nrespect That s what s so hard to bear, Georgy\\nthe total absence of all self-respect (^Glanc-\\ning down at his clothes. Look at my trousis\\nand boots! Nobody I don t care who he is\\nnot even the Prince of Wales couldn t re-\\nspect himself in a pair of bags like this Oh\\nLord Gracious goodness Well There\\n{^Exit.)\\nRe-enter Miss Jenison, r.\\nMiss J. Well\\nProthero. It s all right. He doesn t know\\nwho I am now.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "68 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nMiss J. What are you going to do with\\nhim\\nProthero. Pack him off to South Africa,\\nand get him to watch my friend Sydenham.\\nHe may be a lot of use to me out there, and\\nhe can t do me any harm. I shall be able to\\nkeep a check on Syddy, and Fll astonish all\\nthe others by telling them exactly what Syddy\\nis doing.\\nMiss J. But if Gushing finds out you are\\nProthero. I ll start him to-morrow before\\nhe gets a chance. I ll see to that. And once I\\nget him on the other side of the world, it s hard\\nif my little cherub and I between us can t keep\\nhim there. Hush, Lady Clarabut. I ll intro-\\nduce the future Mrs. Bailey Prothero.\\nRe-enter Palmer, showmg in Lady Clarabut\\nand Nina.\\nPalmer (^announces Lady Clarabut and\\nMiss Clarabut. (^Exit Palmer.)\\nLady C. I told you I should call, Mr.\\nProthero. Miss Jenison\\n(^Showing a little surprise).\\nProthero. Yes. You are aware that I have\\nlately taken advantage of my extraordinary\\npowers to make some very profitable specula-\\ntions. My nervous system is completely shat-", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 69\\ntered, and I have therefore decided to spend\\nthe evening of my life in dignified retirement\\nin in Park Lane, surrounded by my friends\\nand those whom I have helped to prosperity.\\nI shall need some one to entertain my friends\\nMiss Jenison has done me the honour to\\npromise to become Mrs. Bailey Prothero.\\nLady C. I congratulate you I congratu-\\nlate you both.\\nMiss J. Good-bye, Lady Clarabut.\\nLady C. Good-bye.\\nMiss J. Good-bye, Nina.\\nNina. Good-bye.\\n(Miss Jenison kisses Nina, who is a\\nlittle surprised, but accepts the kiss\\nwithout returning it.^\\nEnter Palmer.\\nPalmer. Mr. Lambert.\\nEnter George, looks a little surprised at\\nseeing Miss Jenison.\\nProthero. May I present you to my fu-\\nture wife, Miss Jenison\\nGeorge. How d ye do. Miss Jenison\\n(^Shaking hands.)\\nMiss J. Won t you congratulate me, Mr.\\nLambert", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "70 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nGeorge (^forced to say it~). I I congratu-\\nlate you. {A little awkward pause.\\nProthero. My brougham is in the stables\\nI ll get 3^ou a cab, dear.\\n{Exit, followed by Miss Jenison, who\\nturns and looks at George as she\\ngoes off.)\\nGeorge {follows her a step or two, then turns\\nto look at Lady Clarabut afid Nina, who by\\nlook and gesture express that they share his as-\\ntonishfnent). This is a strange move on the\\npart of our friend {Advances, shakes hands with\\nLady Clarabut and Nina.) Is this the first\\nyou have heard about it\\nLady C. Yes. He has been a good deal\\nlately at my sister s v^ith Tommy, but I had\\nno idea Miss Jenison was the attraction. How-\\never, it s a very good match for her, and I\\ndon t blame her. The man has really made\\na heap of money. I met him at dinner the\\nother night at Lord Winchendon s\\nGeorge. He dines at Lord Winchendon s\\nLady C. The rascal dines everywhere.\\nLord Winchendon made five thousand pounds\\nout of the tip he gave him that night. He\\nshall dine with me at the same rate, every\\nnight of the year. That s what I ve come\\nabout.\\nGeorge. Then you re bitten at last", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 71\\nLady C. My dear Mr. Lambert, for the\\nlast four months I have gone about prid-\\ning m3^self upon my moral superiority to\\nall my friends in keeping aloof from this\\ndreadful speculation. Meantime all my\\nfriends have been making fortunes, and now\\nI find myself out in the cold with empty\\npockets.\\nNina. You have your moral superiority,\\nmamma.\\nLady C. No, my dear. It s all used up.\\nI ve reconsidered the whole matter, and I ve\\ncome to the conclusion that gambling is only\\nimmoral when you lose. If everybody always\\nwon, gambling would be a great national pen-\\nsion fund for all of us. Therefore, to the\\nextent that you win, gambling is a virtue.\\nI m going to practice that virtue.\\nRe-enter Prothero.\\nLady C. Mr. Prothero has promised to\\ngive me some information about this new\\ninvestment bank of his.\\nProthero. Delighted, Lady Clarabut. If\\nyou ll step this way. {^Going to door, r.)\\n(Lady Clarabut hesitates, glances at\\nGeorge and Nina.)\\nProthero. You wish for Mr. Lambert s", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "72 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nadvice again I hoped by this time I had\\nconvinced both you and Mr. Lambert.\\nLady C. Oh, it s not that. But can t\\nyou give me the information here?\\nProthero. No. I wish to give you facts\\nand figures. {He opens door she still hesitates.\\nYou needn t hesitate. A good many thousand\\npounds have been made in this little den the\\nlast few months. {Pointing in.) Will you\\nwalk in\\n{She enters. He looks back at George\\nand Nina as he goes in after her.)\\nGeorge. This man puzzles me more and\\nmore. I m sure he s a thorough rogue, and\\nyet\\nNina. And yet\\nGeorge. He prospers.\\nNina. Oh, but that s a very old experience,\\nisn t it\\nGeorge. Yes. But it s terribly discourag-\\ning to people who wish to be honest that\\nis, if there is any living for honest men in\\nthis world.\\nNina. Ah, don t say that You ve been\\nvery successful so far, and I m sure you have\\nbeen honest.\\nGeorge. Yes, up to the present I ve kept\\nthoroughly honest. Miss Clarabut, give me\\nyour advice", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 73\\nNina. Advice to a lawyer? Isn t that your\\nown specialty Isn t that what you sell to\\nother people\\nGeorge. Yes, but I don t ask you to sell\\nthis. Give it to me, and I promise you I ll act\\nupon it.\\nNina. Tell me the circumstances.\\nGeorge. This man has been at me the\\nlast four months. He has offered to put me\\non to what he calls good things. He has\\nsent for me to-day to offer me business con-\\nnected with this company of his, which I\\nbelieve to be not very much removed from a\\nswindle. You see the fix I m in. I want to\\nmake money. You know why. I want to win\\nthe girl I love. If I were rich and successful\\nI think her father and mother would give her\\nto me in spite of the uncertainty about my\\npeople. But I don t want to make money in a\\nleft-handed way\\nNina. And this would be a left-handed\\nway\\nGeorge. Yes. This Prothero knows I sus-\\npect him. That s the reason he s so confound-\\nedly civil to me. He wants to inveigle me into\\nhis speculations he wants to buy me, so that\\nhe can shut my mouth if I get to know any-\\nthing about him.\\nNina. Very well. Don t let him buy you.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "74 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nThough every man has his price Isn t\\nthat so?\\nGeorge. No, that s not so There s no\\nprice would buy me, if I knew that she would\\ndespise me if I sold myself.\\nNina. If she s a nice girl, she d rather\\nwait a little longer and know that it was all\\nquite quite on the square.\\nGeorge. Thank you. It shall be all\\nquite quite on the square.\\nRe-enter Lady Clarabut and Prothero.\\nLady C. Very well, Mr. Prothero. I ll take\\nyour advice.\\nProthero. Understand me, I do not guar-\\nantee you these large profits. Those who\\ntake my opinion do so entirely at their own\\nrisk.\\nLady C. Oh, I m quite prepared to lose my\\nmone3^\\nGeorge. I hope you re not going to specu-\\nlate largely. Lady Clarabut.\\nLady C. Yes, I ve made up my mind to\\nhave one tremendous flutter don t you call\\nit and then stop. Come, Nina.\\nProthero. I wish you and Miss Clarabut\\nwould dine with me one evening, and go to\\nthe play.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 75\\nNina. Oh, we re full for next week, aren t\\nwe, mamma\\nProthero. The week after, then. Perhaps\\nMr. Lambert would join us Will you fix an\\nevening\\nLady C. What evening are we disengaged,\\nNina\\nNina. Your book is at home hadn t we\\nbetter leave it\\n(^Glances inquiringly at George.)\\nGeorge. I fear I cannot promise.\\n(Prothero shows disappointment.\\nLady C. I ll look at my engagement book,\\nMr. Prothero, and let you know.\\nProthero {to Nina, detaining her). You\\nnever gave me an opportunity of telling you\\nwhat your future will be.\\nNina. What will it be\\nProthero. A very happy one, I hope, with\\nall my heart. I should like to think that I\\nhad helped to make it so\\nNina. I don t see how that is possible.\\nProthero. If Lady Clarabut s venture\\nturns out well, as I feel sure it will, will you\\nremember that I wished for your happiness,\\nand that I did all I could to bring it about\\nOffering his hand.\\nNina (Jakes hand, not very cordially). Thank\\nyou that s kind of you.\\n(Prothero rings bell.)", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "76 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nLady C. (^shaking hands with George).\\nNow, Nina, we ll drive to Mr. Reffell s and\\nmake the plunge. If I lose oh!\\nGeorge. What then\\nLady C. I shall hold my tongue, reassume\\nmy moral superiority, and think what a very\\nfoolish woman I ve been*\\nGeorge. And if you win\\n(Palmer appears at door.)\\nLady C. Then I shall invest my winnings\\nin consols, reassume my moral superiority, and\\nthink what a very clever woman I ve been.\\nWish me luck, Mr. Lambert\\n{Exeunt Lady Clarabut and Nina,\\nfollowed by Palmer.)\\nProthero (^watches them off, then very cor-\\ndially to George). Sit down, Mr. Lambert.\\nI m sorry you couldn t come to lunch.\\nGeorge. I was engaged.\\nProthero. You generally are engaged\\nwhen I invite you.\\nGeorge. Yes unfortunately.\\nProthero. What can I offer you? Coffee?\\nLiqueur Whiskey and soda\\nGeorge. Nothing, thank you.\\nProthro. You smoke\\nGeorge. If you don t mind.\\nProthero {offering cigars Try these\\nthey re rather special.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 77\\nGeorge {taking out cigar-case from his own\\npockety. Thank you, I always smoke one par-\\nticular sort, and those I carry with me.\\n(George lights cigar. Prothero shows that\\nhe is hurt.) Now, Mr. Prothero\\nProthero. I ve been speaking about you\\nto our lawyers. I ve asked them to put all\\nthe business they can in your way.\\nGeorge. Thank you. {A little pause.)\\nProthero. If you have a few hundreds\\nor thousands lying idle, buy as many as you\\ncan of our Bank shares.\\nGeorge. Thank you I daren t risk the\\nlittle money that I have saved.\\nProthero. It s no risk. They must go\\nup. And I ll tell you when to sell out.\\nGeorge. Thank you, I never speculate.\\n{Pause. Prothero shows vexation.)\\nProthero. Then you won t allow me to\\ndo you a good turn\\nGeorge. Oh, yes. But first of all, why\\ndo you wish to do me a good turn?\\nProthero. I don t understand you.\\nGeorge. Either one of two things, Mr.\\nProthero. Either you are acting from pure\\nkindness and goodness of heart towards a\\nstranger or you are acting from interested\\nmotives.\\nProthero. You don t think I could act", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "78 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nfrom pure kindness and goodness of heart\\ntowards a young fellow whom I like, a fine-\\nspirited, handsome young fellow {laying his\\nhand affectionately on George s shoulder who\\ncan look the world in the face (George edges\\naway from him with a movement of repulsion)\\nI want to help you I want to advance you\\nin the world I want you to marry this girl.\\nDidn t you notice how I got the old lady out\\nof the way just now I want you to be\\nhappy and rich and powerful And I ll show\\nyou the way I like you, and I respect you\\nCan t you try to like me and respect me a little?\\nCan t you trust me?\\n(^Again affectionately laying his hand on\\nGeorge s shoulder. Again George\\nmoves away.)\\nGeorge. Give me some reason for respect-\\ning and trusting you. Show me that you are\\nan upright, honourable man, and I ll ask your\\npardon, and own that I ve been mistaken in you.\\nProthero. Then you don t think I am an\\nupright, honourable man\\nGeorge {firmly). No, Mr. Prothero, I don t.\\nProthero {shows pain). Why not\\nGeorge. I ll be quite frank with you. I ll\\nlay all my cards on the table. You remember\\nthe first night I met you at Lady Dover-\\ngreen s", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 79\\nProthero. Yes.\\nGeorge. You told me several things about\\nmy childhood which impressed me very deeply.\\nI called the next day and asked you how you\\nbecame possessed of j^our information.\\nProthero. Well, I told you.\\nGeorge. That you had a peculiar gift of\\nseeing the past and the future, and by that\\nmysterious power you saw things that had hap-\\npened to me over twenty years ago\\nProthero. Yes.\\nGeorge. Do you still give me that ex-\\nplanation\\nProthero (^slight pause). Yes.\\n(George smiles and shrugs his shoulders.)\\nProthero {rather angrily). You don t be-\\nlieve me\\nGeorge. No, I don t, Mr. Prothero.\\nProthero {cofnes up to him, threateningly).\\nYou tell me I m a liar! How dare you\\nTakes a turn or two very angrily.\\nGeorge. Pll tell you why I don t believe\\nyou. I tested you about my later life. I\\nfound you thoroughly, hopelessly at sea. I\\nsent other people to test you\\nProthero. You laid a trap for me\\nGeorge. A trap, Mr. Prothero Isn t it\\nyour business Don t you challenge inquiry\\nProthero. Whom did you send", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "80 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\nGeorge. Don t you know Can t you tell\\nme Colonel Vanstone, Sir John Leeming,\\nMrs. Enderfield. You were hopelessly, thor-\\noughly at sea in every case.\\nProthero. My powers sometimes fail me.\\nGeorge. Just so. They do. They fail you\\nat the exact point at which you don t know\\nand can t give a good guess.\\nProthero. So you tell me to my face that\\nPm a swindler and a liar\\nGeorge. Do you claim that you have this\\nextraordinary power? (^He pauses. Yes or\\nno, Mr. Prothero\\nProthero. Yes (^A little firmer. Yes\\nYes\\nGeorge. And you knew the events of my\\nchildhood by that power and that alone\\n(Prothero falters.) Be careful yes or no?\\nProthero. Yes. Don t I tell you? Yes!\\nYes!\\nGeorge {rises quietly, takes up his hat).\\nThank you. Good-day, Mr. Bailey Pro-\\nthero.\\nProthero. No {stops hi7n). Why do you\\ncome here and insult me Sit down I tell\\nyou I have this power Can t you see the evi-\\ndences of it Look all round Pm coining\\nmoney! Pm making my thousands Pm giv-\\ning fortunes to all my friends. Isn t that", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 81\\nsufficient answer? Won t you come in with\\nme, you young fool?\\nGeorge. Thank you for showing me your\\nhand so plainly, Mr. Prothero. But I m not\\nto be bought.\\nProthero. Bought\\nGeorge. You know that I see through\\nyou, you offer me this chance of feathering\\nmy nest, to shut my mouth. But I tell you\\nplainly, I think I have a better game to play, I\\nthink it will answer my purpose better in the\\nlong run to keep clear of you and expose you\\nfor the rogue I know you to be.\\nProthero. What\\nEnter Miss Jenison, shown in by Palmer,\\nwho withdraws.\\nMiss J. {a pause What is the matter?\\nGeorge (^looks from one to the other). Miss\\nJenison, you were a friend of my aunt.\\nMiss J. No, only a very slight acquaint-\\nance.\\nGeorge. Did you ever hear her speak of\\nmy father or mother\\nMiss J. No.\\nGeorge. And you had no personal knowl-\\nedge of them yourself.\\nMiss J. Not the least. Why", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "82 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT ii\\nGeorge. You know how necessary it is for\\nme to know all about my parents.\\nMiss J. I wish I could help you. I m\\nsorry I can t.\\nGeorge. Good-bye.\\nMiss J. Good-bye.\\n{Shaking hands. George is going.)\\nGeorge {turtis at door). I think I ought to\\ntell you, Mr. Prothero, that I have been\\nmaking some inquiries about you.\\nEntei Palmer.\\nPalmer. The shabby party has come back,\\nsir, and says he must see you at once.\\nEnter Gushing, shaven^ with a respectable tall\\nhat, and an overcoat which does not fit him.\\nHe gives a glance of surprised recognition at\\nMiss Jenison, bows to her. George is\\nwatching.\\nProthero {to Gushing). What the devil do\\nyou mean by coming in here\\nGushing. Beg pardin Mr. Bailey Prothero\\n{with significant emphasis). I found this enve-\\nlope in the pocket of the overcoat you was\\nkind enough to give me\\nProthero {takes envelope, destroys it). Take", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 83\\nthis man into your pantry, Palmer. I ll speak\\nto him downstairs.\\n(Palmer points off. Gushing makes an\\nelaborate bow to Miss Jenison. She\\ntakes no notice. George is watching\\nkeenly. Exit Gushing, followed by\\nPalmer.)\\nGeorge {is following quickly Good -day,\\nMr. Prothero.\\nProthero {stops him). No, one moment,\\nMr. Lambert. Let me understand. You have\\nbeen making inquiries about me?\\nGeorge. I have tried to learn all I can\\nabout your previous career.\\nProthero. Indeed. And how much have\\nyou learned\\nGeorge. Up to the present next to noth-\\ning. But I shall continue my inquiries till I\\ndo learn something. Good-day. {Going.)\\nProthero {rings bell). You ll find you are\\nvery much mistaken in me. I hope you ll\\nlearn to know me better.\\nGeorge {shrugs shotdders significantly). I\\nhope so, Mr. Prothero. I sincerely hope so.\\nI hope I shall get to know you very well in-\\ndeed, and be the means of letting other people\\nknow you, too {Exit.\\nProthero {enraged). He insults me He\\nthreatens me The young cub, I ll read him", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "84 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ii\\na lesson I ll teach him to love and respect\\nme he shall or, if he won t, damn him, let\\nhim rake out the past, and let it come tum-\\nbling down over his head and ears as well as\\nmine! I ll I ll\\n{Standitig angrily at door, looking after\\nGeorge.)\\nMiss J. {^goes to him very appealingly). Dear,\\nbe ruled by me Gushing has found you out\\nGeorge suspects you Our house of cards is\\ntumbling Let s go while we have time\\nProthero. Turn tail? Not I!\\nMiss J. Yes Yes We ve enough to\\nmake us happy for all our life in some place\\nwhei^ we are not known. Let s take it, and\\nleave London at once. If we stay we shall\\nbe discovered and disgraced George, listen\\nto me Our luck has gone This is the end\\nof it I know I m right Something warns\\nme that\\nProthero (^fiercely Shut him up Put\\nhim in his box! I ll have none of that!\\n(^Gesture of despair and resignation from Miss\\nJenison.) (Very tenderly.) Lizzie, don t give\\nway, old girl Don t be a wet blanket on me\\nnow, just as I ve got the world at my feet\\nyes, the world, for London is the world, and\\nI m leading all the fools in London by the\\nnose Can t you see them dancing to my", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "ACT II THE ROGUE S COMEDY 85\\ntune? (^She looks at him frightened. Buck up,\\nold girl Buck up You drank to our past\\nDrink to our future I ll get rid of that\\nbeast Gushing I ll knock the sawdust out\\nof Master George We ll take this house in\\nPark Lane You shall have carriages, gee-\\ngees, dresses, toggery, diamonds, anything\\nyou please My luck isn t going to change\\nIt can t It shan t My little cherub s up\\nthere looking after me Here s good luck to\\nmy luck I ll stick to my luck\\n(^She stands looking at him frightened.\\nCurtain.\\n(^Six months pass between Acts II. and III.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "ACT III\\nScene Reception- Rooms at No. 56\\nPark Lane\\nA very handsome dra wing-7 oom with two arch-\\nways at back, showing an inner drawing-room,\\nand behind that a conservatory. Between the\\narchways a fire-place, with fire lighted. A\\ndoor down stage r. The whole brilliantly\\nlighted and handsojnely furnished.\\nDiscover Palmer, now the butler.\\nFirst Footman enters hurriedly through l.\\narchway, with account in his hand.\\nFootman. Here s another pretty go The\\nflorist has sent round his bill with this here\\nmessage, if you please. Master s compli-\\nments to Mr. Bailey Prothero, and Mr. Bailey\\nProthero can t have any more flowers unless\\nMr. Bailey Prothero sends the money for\\nwhat he s had already.\\n(86)", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 87\\nPalmer. What did you do?\\nFootman. I tried to cod him. I says,\\nWhat do you mean by your impidence\\nI says, We re giving a grand reception\\nto-night, I says, and we must have the\\nflowers. You go and fetch them this very\\ninstant, I says, and this will be the last\\ntime that we shall patronise your establish-\\nment.\\nPalmer. What did he say?\\nFootman. He laid his finger on the tip\\nof his nose, gave vent to an ironic smile, and\\ncarted off the flowers without so much as say-\\ning a word.\\nPalmer. I tell you what, William Chubb,\\nit s all U. P. with Bailey Prothero.\\nFootman. I m afraid it is, Mr. Palmer.\\nPalmer Pve seen it coming for months,\\nWilliam, ever since we married, and set up\\nin Park Lane. But I didn t expect the smash\\nwould come so sudden as this.\\nFootman. And on the night of our recep-\\ntion, too?\\nPalmer. This reception is a plant, Wil-\\nliam, to throw dust in people s eyes, and keep\\nup the impression that we are flourishing as\\nusual. I heard him talking it over to her on\\nthe night of the slump. He says, We ll give\\na big night reception, and we ll ask every", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "88 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nblessed swell we know, he says; *we must\\nkeep the ball rolling, he says.\\nFootman. He is a corker, ain t he Has\\nhe come in yet\\nPalmer. No, not unless he s sneaked in\\nby the back staircase. {Indicating r.) Curi-\\nous his not coming in to dinner. He ll have\\nto look sharp. {Taking out watch. He s got\\nto dress yet, and the folks will be coming in\\nhalf an hour.\\nFootman. Where s she?\\nPalmer {points to door, r. In there with\\nher nose glued to the window panes, watch-\\ning for him.\\nFootman. Hadn t I better take this bill\\nin to her?\\nPalmer. What s the good I know she\\nain t got any, for I heard her greening her\\nmilliner this afternoon.\\nEnter fro7n archway Second Footman, with\\npaper in hand.\\nSec. Foot. Have you seen this? They\\ndo let him have it.\\nPalmer {takes paper, looks down, First\\nFootman looking on Phew! My eye!\\nThat s hot Don t they give it to him\\nSec. Foot. Gunter s chaps are talking", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 89\\nabout it downstairs. The}^ say he ain t no\\nbetter nor a common swindler.\\n{Exit at archway, L,\\nPalmer {reading paper). Ho Ho Ho\\nI say I say William, there will be a big\\nbust up at 56 Park Lane before long.\\nFirst Foot. What about our wages\\nPalmer. Oh, we shall be all right. Bailey\\nProthero may be the biggest swindler that\\never walked the earth, but he does chuck\\nhis money about. I will say that for him.\\nIt may not be his own, but he does chuck\\nit about.\\nFirst Foot. When he s got it but if he\\nain t got it, he can t chuck it about. And I\\nbegin to think our wages look fishy.\\nPalmer. Think so, William\\n{Looks grave and anxious.)\\nFirst Foot. Nobody paid, can t even\\nraise a tenner. Pve a good mind to\\nPalmer. What?\\nFirst Foot. Ask for my last month s\\nwages, and if I don t get em, strike, and let\\nmyself loose amongst the champagne and\\nGunter s things. {Exit.)\\nEnter, r., Miss Jenison, now Mrs. Prothero,\\nin handsome evening dress, with Jewels her face\\nshowing signs of great distress and anxiety.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "90 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nMrs. p. (^eagerly). Hasn t Mr. Prothero\\nreturned, Palmer\\nPalmer. No, ma am, he has not.\\nMrs. p. {anxiously). Where can he be?\\nWhere can he be\\nPalmer. Ah Just so Oh, where, and\\noh, where can he be That s what a good\\nmany folks would like to know.\\nMrs. p. {startled by his manner, turns round).\\nEh?\\nPalmer. Look here, ma am. I don t want\\nto make myself nasty, if it can be anyways\\navoided. Pve lived in some of the best and\\nsome of the queerest families in London\\nMrs. p. What has this to do with me\\nPalmer. So long as my wages are paid\\nand I m treated well, I don t inquire into your\\nprivate characters. You may be as religious\\nand as psalm-singing as you please or you\\nmay be no better than a set of swindlers\\nthat ain t my business\\nMrs. p. What am I to understand by this\\nPalmer. That there ain t no reception\\nhere to-night unless I get my wages first.\\nMrs. p. Mr. Prothero shall attend to you.\\nPalmer. I hope so, ma am. I shall want\\nsome of his attention.\\nMrs. p. How dare you, sir How dare\\nyou?", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 91\\nPalmer. All right, ma am You re only\\nwinding yourself up for nothing. There s all\\nthe servants ready to chuck it up and go on\\nthe rampage if I only tip em the wink. But\\nyou square me there s plenty of things\\nabout you ain t parted with all your jewellery\\nyou square me, and I ll see you through\\nto-night.\\nMrs. p. Go downstairs, sir! Go down-\\nstairs\\nPalmer (^seating himself comfortably in arm-\\nchair). Thank you. This is good enough for\\nme. (^She looks at him, bursts into tears, r.)\\nPalmer {looks at her, suddenly jumps up, comes\\nto her I beg your pardon, ma am. I didn t\\nmean it. You trust to me. I ll keep them in\\norder downstairs. I ll see you through to-\\nnight, at any rate. You trust to me.\\n{Exit through l. archway.\\nProthero, in frockcoat and overcoat, creeps on\\nthrough archway, r. He is very pale, haggard,\\ndisordered, eyes rather wild.\\nMrs. p. {goes up to him very tenderly).\\nGeorge {He takes no notice.) George {He\\nlaughs.) George! What is it, dear?\\n(Prothero turns round.)\\nProthero. The game s up, Lizzie My", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "92 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT iii\\nlittle cherub s tumbled off his perch. I can t\\nraise a sixpence.\\nMrs. p. What can we do\\nProthero. Whatever you like. Pm good\\nfor anything and anywhere. We shall have\\nto make a bolt. What fresh countries would\\nyou like to see, eh Italy Russia Aus-\\ntralia or Kingdom-come\\nMrs. p. George, you don t mean that\\nProthero. Why not As I drove along\\nthe Embankment this afternoon, the water\\nlooked rather chilly and very pea-soupy, but\\notherwise there was no objection to it. Why\\nnot, Lizzie Why not We ve had a jolly\\ngood time of it together. We ve eaten our\\ncake That reminds me, Pve had no\\ndinner.\\nMrs. p. {rings bell). Dear, you re faint\\nand hungry\\nProthero. No, not hungry Pm past that.\\nMy tongue s like a bit of dried leather. I\\nhaven t had a morsel in my lips since I left\\nhome this morning.\\nEnter Palmer.\\nMrs. p. Lay some dinner for Mr. Prothero\\nin the morning-room.\\nProthero. No, Palmer, a snack of some-", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 93\\nthing on a tray. Bring it here, and a bottle\\nof champagne. Sharp {^Exit Palmer.)\\nMrs. p. My poor dear, what have you\\nbeen doing all day\\nProthero. Racing all over London, trying\\nto raise the wind. What a fool I was not to\\ntake your advice and sell out when Lady\\nClarabut did. What a fool I was But every-\\nthing was booming. I could foresee a good\\nmany things, why the devil couldn t I foresee\\nthis confounded slump, and all the troubles\\nout there Why couldn t I, Lizzie\\nMrs. p. Have you been to all of them\\nProthero. Yes. It s no use. My luck s\\ngone, and the beggars know it. Not at home\\nhere, not at home there Kept waiting an\\nhour at one place, and as good as kicked out\\nat another. Lord Winchendon didn t want to\\nsee me, but he did. My bank put him on\\nhis legs. He made thirty thousand pounds\\nout of it, and married his daughter on the\\nstrength of it. This is most unfortunate, Mr.\\nProthero, but I always felt that the crash must\\ncome. Can t you advance me a few thou-\\nsands. Lord Winchendon, just to tide me over\\nthis slump? Pm very sorry, but, really,\\nagricultural depression has swallowed every\\navailable sixpence, really, it has. Pm so sorry.\\nGood evening. Good evening! I sent", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "94 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nhim off with a flea in his ear. They re all\\nalike. The men who grovelled to me three\\nmonths ago won t know me to-day. That\\ndirty little snob, Oberstein he lickspittled\\nme for a dinner why, even he cut me!\\nEnter Palmer, ivith a tray of sandwiches\\nand a bottle of champagne.\\nMrs. p. Now, dear come and eat some-\\nthing\\nProthero. What have you got there,\\nPalmer\\nPalmer. Sardine sandwich, quails in aspic,\\nand a bottle of the eighty-four champagne.\\nProthero {takes out purse with notes). By\\nthe way. Palmer, Mrs. Prothero and I may be\\ngoing for a long voyage to-morrow.\\nPalmer. Indeed, sir\\nProthero. In case I should forget it, take\\nthese ten, twenty, thirty that will about\\nsettle all the wages that are due. Pay your-\\nself and the others, and thank them for Mrs.\\nProthero and me.\\nPalmer. Thank you, sir (^Going. You\\nare aware that it s half-past nine, sir, and\\nthe reception is for ten\\nProthero. I shall be ready. Palmer.\\n(^Exit Palmer.)", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 95\\nMrs. P. Come, dear eat something\\nProthero. Pm not hungry. I can drink,\\nthough! (^Drinks; looks round the room.\\nPretty room, isn t it (^Laughs.) Pretty deco-\\nrations By the way, did we ever pay that\\nman s bill?\\nMrs. p. George, don t you think we d\\nbetter postpone the reception\\nProthero. Postpone it What for We\\nmay never get the chance of going to another.\\nI don t fancy many of them will turn up, but I\\nwon t disappoint those who do. {Drinking. I\\nfeel better. What a good friend wine is\\nNow, let s face the situation That little snob,\\nOberstein, cut me.\\nMrs. p. Mrs. Oberstein passed me in Bond\\nstreet yesterday, and wouldn t recognize me.\\nProthero. We ve grown too self-indulgent\\nin these matters, Lizzie. We ve become epi-\\ncures in the esteem of our neighbours. Pve\\nknown the time when I could have borne the\\ndisrespect of all London without flinching.\\nPve known the time when, if any common,\\nordinary policeman had cut me dead, I\\nshouldn t have cared a jot. Living in Park\\nLane has demoralised us, sapped our sturdy\\nnative virtue, Lizzie. It s perhaps as well we\\nshould be making a move. The question is\\nwhere You don t fancy Kingdom-come", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "96 THE ROGUE S CONEDY act hi\\nneither do I, after three glasses of cham-\\npagne.\\nMrs. p. George, you re not drinking too\\nmuch\\nProthero (^elated, a7id steadied by the wine\\nToo much Not me You ve known me take\\na good deal, but did you ever know me take\\ntoo much That s one of the blessings Provi-\\ndence has bestowed upon me a good stomach\\nand a good brain for my liquor. Look at my\\nhand (^Holding out his hand. It s as steady\\nas a rock. However much I may take, my\\nhand won t shake, and my heart won t quake in\\nthe morning. Pm dropping into poetry\\nThings are rosier, Lizzie You ve got all your\\njewels on?\\nMrs. p. All that I have left.\\nProthero. Don t take em off. Wear em\\nconstantly about you, in case of accident do\\nyou hear (^She nods.) Pve realised every-\\nthing I could put my hand on. After all,\\nthings aren t so bad, Lizzie A year ago to-\\nday we were worth nothing at all to-day,\\nwith your jewels, and what Pve got here\\n{tapping pocket), we are worth some seven or\\neight hundred pounds that is, if we can get\\nclear away with it, which we will. Winks\\nat her.) Let us glue ourselves to this\\nfact, Lizzie we are seven or eight hundred", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 97\\npounds better off to-day than we were twelve\\nmonths ago. Meantime we have had a jolly\\nyear, and I m going to have one more jolly\\nevening before it s all over. Now I must go\\nand dress. Come Buck up, old girl My\\nlittle cherub s on his perch again. {Kisses\\nher tenderly.) Buck up Buck up Let em\\ncome, I m ready for em\\nExit by R. archway, and off R.)\\nEnter Palmer, l. archway, announcing Mr.\\nLambert. Enter George.\\n(^Exit Palmer.)\\nGeorge {shaking hands). You ll excuse my\\ncoming now. I m not going to stay.\\nMrs. p. {disappointed). Not going to stay?\\nGeorge. No, I wish to have a word or two\\nwith you alone. I ve heard of Mr. Prothero s\\nlosses. I came to say how sorry I am for you.\\nMrs. p. Thank you.\\nGeorge. You were kind to me when I\\nwas struggling and unknown. I owe what\\nlittle success I have won to you. {Her face\\napart from him shows intense pleasure.) And\\nindirectly I owe it to you that I may gain\\nthe dearest hope of my life.\\nMrs. p. Sir William and Lady Clarabut\\nhave accepted you", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "98 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nGeorge. Not absolutely. But they make\\nme welcome, and I feel sure they ll give me\\nNina, if nothing turns up to show that I m\\nan undesirable son-in-law.\\nMrs. p. {shows pain at his last words, then\\nturns to hi7?i). I m so glad. I wish you\\nhappiness with all my heart {shaking hands\\nwarmly) with all my heart.\\nGeorge. You make me very uncom-\\nfortable\\nMrs. p. Why?\\nGeorge. I came to I scarcely know how\\nto say it to put you on your guard? You\\nmarried this man suddenly, knowing almost\\nnothing of him.\\nMrs. p. Go on.\\nGeorge. Mrs. Prothero, I am on the point\\nof tracing all his former life. At any moment\\nI may be able to prove that he is something\\nworse than an imposter.\\nMrs. p. What have you learned Tell\\nme please tell me. I can bear it.\\nGeorge. He was connected some years\\nago with a band of long-firm swindlers.\\nThey used many aliases. I don t know which\\nname represents your husband, but one of\\nthem does. {She shows great concern. For-\\ngive me. I know what a blow this must be\\nto you. I wouldn t have come at this moment.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 99\\nbut I thought, now the bank has collapsed and\\nhe may be brought to account for that, I thought\\nthat if you needed a friend, if it became advisable\\nfor you to seek another home for a time\\nMrs. p. Thank you. Even if what you\\nsay is true, I shall never leave him. He is\\nmy husband, whatever he is.\\nGeorge. Then I can do nothing for you\\nMrs. p. Yes. You say I ve done you a\\nkindness. May I beg this favour of you,\\nthat if your suspicions should prove to be\\ncorrect, you won t press matters against him\\nfor the present\\nGeorge. I promise you Pll take no measures\\nagainst him without giving him fair warning.\\nMrs. p. Thank you That s all I ask\\nGeorge {takes her ha?id). Good-night, Mrs.\\nProthero. Pm very sorry for you. Rely on\\nme to do nothing against you.\\n{He kisses her hand. Exit through\\narchway^ l.)\\nMrs. p. {stretches out her ha?id, after him\\nwith a vain, longing gesture three tivies.^ My\\nson My son My son\\nlie-enter Prothero, in evening dress.\\nProthero. Now, Liz, Pm as right as a\\ntrivet again. What s the matter with you", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "100 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nMrs. p. George has been here\\nProthero. Good. Did you give him a\\ncopy of the fifth commandment\\nMrs. p. He says that he s on the point\\nof tracing you out at any moment he may\\ndiscover everything\\nProthero {startled for a mofnent, the?i very\\ncalni). Good\\nMrs. p. George, let us get away at once\\nbefore\\nProthero. Not me. Pm going to stay\\nand fight it out. Pve got a game to play\\nyet, Liz and Pm going to play it. Pve had\\njust enough of Master George. Pve tried to\\nbe friends with him. Pve tried to make him\\nlove me. But he ll have nothing to do with\\nme. Very well. Pm content. We ll drop the\\nrelationship. But don t let him meddle with\\nme now, for if he does PU blow the gaff to\\nLady Clarabut and knock him to smithereens\\nShush\\nRe-e?iter Palmer.\\nPalmer. I beg pardon, sir, that shabby\\nparty that found your diamond stud\\nProthero. What of him\\nPalmer. He s been hanging about the\\nplace all the evening, and he says", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 101\\nEnter Gushing at archway l., dressed in a\\ncheap ready-made grey tweed frock suit, a\\nred satin tie, and a black silk hat, very\\nlow in the crown and very wide afid much\\ncurled in the brim.\\nCusH. {in altercation with First Footman,\\nwho appears). Oh yes, he will; Mr. Bailey\\nProthero will see his old friend R. C, won t\\nyou, Mr. Bailey Prothero\\nProthero. Yes, you blackguard.\\n(^Motions to Palmer and Footman to\\nwithdraw.\\nCusH. Blackguard, Georgy? Did I under-\\nstand you to use the word blackguard\\nProthero. Yes, you blackguard. How\\ndare you show your face here, after robbing\\nme and selling me as you ve done\\nCush. Robbing you, Georgy. After all\\nyour kindness Oh, don t think so bad of\\nme, Georgy! Call me a blackguard, and I ll\\nput up with it if I must. But don t call\\nme a thief I borrowed that last two hundred\\nquid.\\nProthero. You stole it. I sent it to you\\nin strict confidence to apply to a certain\\npurpose.\\nCush. To the nobbling of sich and sich\\nparties Well, dear old pal, I applied it to a", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "102 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nbetter purpose, viz. to keep myself out of\\nquod.\\nProthero. Quod\\nCusH. I m wanted in Johannesburg.\\nProthero. They must be in a bad way out\\nthere to want you. What for\\nCusH. What for That s it, dear old pal\\nwhat for I dun know Gracious good-\\nness Well! There! with such luck as\\nI ve had, I might be wanted for anything, or\\neverything.\\nProthero. What have you told Sydenham\\nabout me\\nCusH. Sydenham? You don t sispect me,\\nGeorgy, of any hanky-panky with him\\nProthero. I ve had a letter from him\\nthis morning. I can t understand it unless\\nyou ve been blabbing my business to him.\\nBut he ll be here to-night, and then I shall\\nknow.\\nCusH. O, Lord Gracious goodness\\nWell There I ain t told him anything,\\nGeorgy, but of course he might have guessed\\nthings for instance as it was you as sent\\nme out there\\nProthero. You blackguard, you ve sold\\nme to him. Be off.\\nCusH. Wait a bit, Georgy.\\nProthero. Be off.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 103\\nCusH. Look here, Georgy, or I should say\\n{turns suddenly vicious^ Mr. George Jackman.\\n{Raising his voice.) If you don t assist me in\\nmy troubles, Mr. George Jackman, I shall be\\ncompelled to take the first chance, Mr. George\\nJackman, to inform\\nProthero. Stop, you fool, unless you\\nwant to get yourself five years as well as me.\\n{Goes to archway, looks off, comes back, points\\nR. Go in there.\\nEnter Palmer.\\nPalmer. Are you ready to receive visit-\\nors, sir?\\nProthero {to Gushing). Go in there.\\n{Pointing R. Do you hear Go in there\\n{Exit Gushing door r. very sulkily.\\nProthero {to Palmer). Are the people\\ncoming. Palmer\\nPaLxMer. Only Sir Thomas Dovergreen.\\nHe s talking to Mrs. Prothero at the head of\\nthe stairs.\\nProthero. Palmer, get William and Frank\\nto help you. Take that blackguard {pointing\\nR. by the scruff of the neck, pitch him down\\nthe back stairs, and kick him along the street\\nad lib.\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. {Beckons at archway.", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "104 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nThe two Footmen enter. This way we ve\\ngot a little job on here.\\n(^Exeunt Palmer, William and Frank\\ndoor R. Prothero listens, chuckles,\\nlistens, opeiis door R., bursts into\\nlaughter in the middle of it enter\\nTommy at archway l., ve7 y pale,\\nseedy, and woe-bego?ie.)\\nProthero {stops laughing, closes door r., looks\\nat Tommy, who stands ift middle of roo^n\\nHillo, what s the matter with you\\nTommy. I m not well. Ever since the\\nslump everything has disagreed with me. I ve\\nlived in druggists shops the last fortnight.\\nI ve taken every pill and pick-me-up there is.\\n{With sudden futile rage. I tell you this, Mr.\\nBailey Prothero, I m in an awful state. Look\\nat my tongue. {Putting out tongue.\\nProthero. Ah Appetite not good\\nTommy. Appetite {Shouting.) Look here,\\nMr. Bailey Prothero, you re the cause of all\\nthis, you and your confounded bank My\\ntrustees and my lawyers have been all through\\nmy affairs, and I tell you this, my friend,\\nthey called you everything except an honest\\nman.\\nProthero. Did they Dear Dear\\nTommy. Do you know what I shall have\\nto do I shall have to go and live in some", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 105\\ncheap Continental hole on a hundred and fifty\\na year for the next seven or eight years. Very\\npiteously.) What did you do it for, eh, Bailey?\\nProthero. It was part of my system.\\nTommy. To let me in\\nProthero. Certainly.\\nTommy. What for I don t see it Why\\nnot let somebody else in, and give me a\\nchance of clearing out, eh\\nProthero. I must be allowed to work my\\nsystem in my own way.\\nTommy. System What system\\nProthero {turning up the sleeve of his dress-\\ncoat slightly). You don t see anything up my\\nsleeve\\nTommy. By Jove Bailey, what do you\\nmean\\n(Prothero winks at hifn very elaborately\\nwith both eyes, the?i goes away.)\\nTommy {following him up). You old devil,\\nwhat are you up to now\\nProthero. Take a glass of champagne\\nPouring it out.\\nTommy. I daren t I ve had two brandy\\nand sodas I m off my feed, and champagne\\ndoesn t agree with me when I m off my feed\\nit flies to my head.\\nProthero. Ah if you ve got a weak place\\nit s always getting in the way. Take this", "height": "3098", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "106 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nTommy {drinking). But I say, Bailey, this\\nsystem of yours I don t quite tumble to it.\\nProthero. Don t you Sydenham is let\\nin. I expect him here to-night. Reffell is\\nlet in he ll be here, too. Lord Bicester is\\nlet in I daresay he ll turn up. Lord John\\nwould have been let in, but he hadn t a\\nha penny to lose! Still I think he ll very\\nlikely come.\\nTommy. Well Well (Prothero potirs\\nhim out another glass offers it.) I say ought\\nI Pve got such a buzzing in my head.\\n{Drinking.) This system, dear old boy! Do\\nyou think it will work\\nProthero. It is working. Did 3 ou see\\nall the blackguard articles in the evening\\npapers\\nTommy. Yes.\\nProthero. Well, what did you think of\\nthem\\nTommy. Hot.\\nProthero. Rather\\n{Rubs his hands gleefully and winks.)\\nTommy. You don t mean to say\\nProthero {nods). All part of the system.\\nTommy. No, no You don t say so By\\nJove, Bailey, it s stupendous\\n{Stands looking at Prothero in stupid,\\nhalf-tipsy amazement. Prothero taps", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 107\\nhis pockets as in second Act. Tommy\\ndoes same. There is no jingle of coin\\nin either of them. Prothero laughs\\nas in second Act Tommy does same.\\nThey stand laughing in chorus, Pro-\\nthero grimly and sardonically.\\nTommy a sudden blaze of admiration^.\\nDear old Bailey! {^Collapses. I ve got such a\\nbuzzing I should like to sit down some-\\nwhere, all alone, and think over system.\\n{Goes cautiously to sofa and sits.)\\nProthero (loohs off r., calls). Palmer!\\nEnter Palmer and Footman through door r.\\nProthero. Send a messenger round to the\\nAlbany. Say that Sir Thomas has been taken\\nill, and ask his man to come and fetch him.\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. I beg pardon\\n(^Glancing at Tommy, who is reclining\\non sofa.\\nProthero. Well {^Coming down stage with\\nPalmer.)\\nPalmer {confidentially). We chucked the\\nparty out, sir, but as we was giving him a\\nfinal kick, Mr. Lambert came up\\nProthero {concerned). Mr. Lambert?\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. He noticed the party\\ncoming in as he went out and I suppose he", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "108 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nwaited outside for him. Anyhow he came up\\nwhen he heard the row and entered into con-\\nversation with him, and they ve now gone off\\ntogether.\\nProthero. Mr. Lambert and that black-\\nguard\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. He did try to get hold\\nof him that afternoon at Mount Street, only I\\nlocked him in my pantry.\\nProthero. All right, Palmer.\\n(^Exit Palmer.)\\n(Prothero stands biting his thumb-nail.\\nLady Clarabut and Miss Prove\\nappear in other room, which from this\\ntime gradually Jills with guests.^\\nMiss P. I really didn t expect to find any-\\nbody here.\\nLady C. Oh, well, as I ve made a fortune\\nout of the man, I felt I must put in an ap-\\npearance.\\nTommy {on sofa). Auntie\\n(Lady Clarabut appears at archway.\\nTommy turns face away.)\\nProthero. Delighted to see you, Lady\\nClarabut. I congratulate you very heartily\\non having made such good use of the advice\\nI gave you.\\nLady C. Yes, I trusted to your inner vi-\\nsion as to the right time of buying. And I", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 109\\ntrusted to my own inner vision as to the right\\ntime of seUing. I m really very much indebted\\nto you. And, by the way you ll forgive my\\nspeaking I can t help hearing rumours I\\nhope they re not true.\\nProthero {taking a rose from the decorations^\\nfixing it in his button-hole). Rumours About\\nme Rumours\\nLady C. Haven t you seen the evening\\npapers\\nProthero. Really, I ve been too busy.\\nWhat do they say\\nLady C. Well, to put it plainly you ll\\nexcuse me they say you re in a mess.\\nProthero. Ah, those papers {Fixing his\\nbutton-hole with great nonchalance.) They will\\nknow one s business. They say I m in a\\nmess They say I m in a mess, do they\\nDear me What will they say next\\n{Exit at archway. Lady Clarabut, as-\\ntonished, watches him off, then sees\\nTommy on the sofa.)\\nLady C. Tommy do you hear Tommy!\\n(^Shaking him. Tommy turns round on sofa, with\\naffectation of waking fro??i sleep. What are\\nyou doing here\\nTommy. Short nap, auntie refresh my-\\nself. Think over Bailey s system.\\nLady C. System", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "110 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nTommy. Prothero has colossal system\\nmake all our fortunes\\nLady C. Nonsense Nonsense There are\\nsome men in possession downstairs now.\\nTommy. Possibly that is part of system\\nI say, possibly.\\nLady C. Ugh, you silly boy How\\nTommy {^speaking very slowly and precisely\\nI cannot go into particulars because\\nunderstand me, dear auntie I am off my feed\\nand when I am off my feed, I always feel\\nthat I should like some one to sponge my\\nhead with cold water, very cold water the\\ncolder the better.\\nLady C. You wretched boy, what can I do\\nwith you\\nEnter Palmer.\\nPalmer. If you please, Sir Thomas, your\\nman Peters has come for you.\\nTommy. Peters? What for?\\nPalmer. He says you are not well, and he\\nhas come\\nTommy {indignantly). He says that I am\\nnot well (rises, very indignant). By what\\nauthority does Peters say that I {sits down\\ncautiously) am not well\\nLady C. Ask Peters to come up at once.\\nTommy. No tell Peters to wait for me.", "height": "3047", "width": "2031", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 111\\nI will discharge Peters. {Motions Palmer off.\\nExit Palmer.)\\nLady C. Do you hear get up! Get up\\nand go away from this house before any one\\nsees you in this state.\\nTommy. State? {Rises with great dig^iity,\\nmild voice.) Auntie, by what authority do\\nyou prescribe rules for my conduct at a\\nmoment when I am off my feed?\\n{Sits down.)\\nLady C. Because I m a wise old woman,\\nand you re a foolish young simpleton. Be-\\ncause you are flinging away your health by\\nfast living, and your money by gambling,\\nand Pm determined to save what there is left\\nof the wreck little as there is of it, and\\nlittle as it s worth saving. Come, get up.\\nTommy. No, auntie. You accuse me of\\ngambling at a moment when {grozvifig iftdig-\\nnanf) you are covered from head to foot\\nwith proceeds of gambling You accuse me\\nHow dare you accuse me\\nLady C. Because I have won and you\\nhave lost. Because I have invested my hard-\\nearned winnings in railway bonds and consols\\nfor the benefit of my famil}^ Because now I\\nhave secured a snug little fortune, I don t\\nintend to risk another farthing as long as I\\nlive. If that doesn t give me the right to", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "112 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\npreach against the evils of gambling I should\\nlike to know what does.\\nTommy {shakes his head^. Auntie, I will con-\\ntent myself with simple remark that you are\\na downy old humbug, and whited sepulchre\\n{Shakes his head at her sorrowfully. Whited\\nsepulchre Whited sepulchre\\nLady C. {goes to archway, calls off). Pal-\\nmer (Palmer appears.) Is there a back\\nstaircase so that we can get him away with-\\nout his being seen\\n(Tommy rises indignantly.)\\nPalmer. Yes, my lady {Points off r.\\nTommy {with solemn i?idignatio7i). Back\\nstaircase? Back staircase! {Solemnly.) Pal-\\nmer, are you any party to a back stair-\\ncase\\nPalmer. No, Sir Thomas.\\nTommy. Is Peters any party to back stair-\\ncase\\nPalmer. No, Sir Thomas. But don t you\\nthink as you aren t well you might as well\\ntoddle off that way?\\n(Tommy looks very indignantly at Palmer,\\nmotions him away.)\\nTommy. Tell Peters to wait for me at\\nfront door and prepare cold bath for back of\\nmy head. {Exit Palmer.)\\nTommy {glaring at Lady C). Back stair-", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 113\\ncase Back staircase Downy old humbug\\nWhited sepulchre Back staircase\\n(^He makes an exit at archway r., with\\ngreat tipsy dignity, bows very politely\\nto all the guests, is then seen to pass\\nthe other archway, bows politely, then\\nfinally pulling himself together with\\ngreat dignity, he goes off l., Lady\\nClarabut watching. Lady Clara-\\nBUT joins Guests.)\\nProthero enters at archway r., thoughtful, anx-\\nious stands a tnoment or two deliberating, as\\nif arranging his plans.\\nEnter l. archway, Lord John. Prothero s\\nfeatures instantly change into a look of wel-\\ncome.\\nProthero {cordially). Ah, Lord John\\nLord John. One moment, my dear sir, will\\nyou oblige me by telling me whether the\\ndammy game is over, or no?\\nProthero. Over On the contrary. Lord\\nJohn, the game is just going to begin.\\nLord John. Oh {Still detaining him.)\\nThen will you further tell me what your next\\nmove is\\nProthero. My next move hum My", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "114 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nnext move will be a very striking one, Lord\\nJohn.\\nLord John. Oh do I stand in\\nProthero. Well, if you d like to join\\nme\\nLord John. I should Dammy I should\\nProthero. You do stand in. Lord John,\\nyou do\\nReffell and Pinniger have entered at\\narchway.\\nProthero. Ah, here is our friend Reffell\\nAnd Pinniger\\n(^Advances to meet them very cordially.\\nThey have entered very slowly and\\nstiffly J and in evident bad temper.^\\nProthero. How do, Reffell Mrs. Reffell\\nis with you, I hope\\nReffell {^stiffly and sulkily^. Mrs. Reffell is\\nin the next room. But that is of no impor-\\ntance.\\nProthero. Oh, don t say that Don t say\\nthat\\nEnter Hubbock and Chester, both looking\\nvery grave.\\nProthero {gaily). Ah, Hubbock Ches-", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 115\\nter They shake hands reluctantly. You seem\\nupset, Hubbock.\\nHuBBOCK. I am upset. I have never in\\nthe whole course of my life been so much\\nupset.\\nProthero. Family troubles?\\nHubbock {indignantly^. No, sir.\\nThe Marquis of Bicester is shown in at\\narchway by Palmer.\\nLord B. (Jias a halfpenny evening paper in\\nhis hand I must see Mr. Prothero at once.\\nPalmer. This way, my Lord. {Announces.\\nLord Bicester.\\nLord B. I wish to speak to you, Mr.\\nProthero\\nProthero {glancing into other room). Draw\\nthe curtains. Palmer.\\n(Palmer draws the curtai?ts over the\\narchway and exit.)\\nProthero. My dear Lord Bicester, I knew\\nthat you would come. {Offers hand.)\\nLord B. {stiffly). Excuse me, Mr. Pro-\\nthero, I have not.\\nProthero. Excuse me. Lord Bicester, you\\nare here.\\nLord B. In one sense I am here. But in\\nthe sense of coming to a party, I am not here.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "116 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act iir\\n(^Looking round to all. I wish that to be dis-\\ntinctly understood. I have come at the earli-\\nest moment to vindicate my character. Mr.\\nHubbock, Mr. Reffell, you will bear me wit-\\nness that I distinctly required from Mr. Pro-\\nthero the most positive assurances that the\\na thing was all right.\\nHubbock. Certainly.\\nReffell. Yes, Lord Bicester, you did.\\nLord B. Now, I find that the thing is not\\nall right. So far is it from being all right\\nthat I have lost fifteen thousand pounds. And\\nwhat is much worse, I find myself attacked\\nin the papers.\\nProthero. Do you consider that worse\\nthan losing fifteen thousand pounds, Lord\\nBicester\\nLord B. Don t you think, sir, that a\\nman s public honour is worth more than fif-\\nteen thousand pounds\\nProthero (^very coolly, back to fire). Well.\\nI would not sell mine for that sum. Still, we\\nmust all allow there are occasions, eh? when\\na sum of fifteen thousand pounds eh?\\nLord B. Read that. {^Giving him the paperS)\\nProthero. But this is a Radical paper.\\nIs it worth while taking any notice of what\\nRadical papers say. Lord Bicester\\nLord B. I regret to say that the abuse of", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 117\\nmyself is not confined to the organs of my\\npolitical opponents. I read in a most respect-\\nable Conservative journal some exceedingly\\nsevere comments which seemed to point\\ntowards myself at least, so I took them.\\nPlease to read that\\nProthero {reading). When we find\\namongst this crew {looks round this crew\\na well-known hack company promoter\\nwhose every flotation is an act of organised\\nbrigandage Hubbock, my boy, that\\nseems to point towards you at least, so I\\ntake it.\\nHubbock. I shall bring an action.\\nProthero. I would I would. {Continu-\\ning.) When we also find the worthless per-\\nsonalities, attached to titles, of a foolish young\\nman about town Where is our friend\\nTommy? Oh, he is taking a cold bath a\\nfoolish young man about town and a dis-\\nreputable old man about town\\nLord John. That s me That s me\\nProthero {continuing). Whose life is a\\nperfect pattern of what every decent man\\nshould avoid Lord John, I should say that\\nis distinctly libellous.\\nLord John. Yes a the greater the truth\\ndammy the greater the libel. Perfect pat-\\ntern {whistle) perfect pattern", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "118 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nLord B. (^ste7 nly). Go on, sir, go on.\\nProthero. One moment, Lord Bicester\\nI won t leave you out in the cold. We are\\nnot surprised. But we do express our aston-\\nishment when we also find the name of a well-\\nknown member of the Stock Exchange. We\\nask whether that body has lost all sense of\\nfinancial honour, or whether the self-respect-\\ning members of it will not instantly demand an\\ninquiry into the conduct of (^Breaks off.)\\nReffell, dear friend, that seems to point\\ntowards you at least so I take it.\\nReffell. It s infamous.\\nProthero. It is.\\nLord B. Go on, sir Go on If you\\nplease {Sternly.\\nProthero. I m coming to you. Lord Bices-\\nter. {Reads.) And what shall we say when\\nwe also find in this disreputable company\\n{looking round) the head of one of our oldest\\nfamilies\\nLord B. Ah\\nProthero. What idea can we gain, either\\nof the intelligence\\nLord B. Ah!\\nProthero. The patriotism\\nLord B. Ah!\\nProthero. Or the honesty of our heredi-\\ntary legislators. You re right, Lord Bi-", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 119\\ncester, that does seem to point to you at\\nleast, so I take it.\\nLord B. And I was most particular in my\\ninquiries that the a thing was all right!\\nProthero. You were. {Reading.^ But\\nfoolish, negligent, greedy, and incapable as all\\nthe members of this precious gang {looking\\nround^ this precious gang may have been\\nin varying degrees, they seem to have been\\nthe mere puppets of this of this the\\nwriter then goes on to make a few remarks\\nwhich seem to point towards myself at least,\\nso I take it.\\nLord B. Well?\\nReffell. Well?\\nHuBBocK. Well?\\nProthero. Well?\\n{Gives the paper to Lord John, who takes\\nit and reads.\\nEnter Sydenham, very angrily comes up to\\nProthero.\\nSyd. Mr. Bailey Prothero\\nProthero. How d ye do. {Offering hafid.)\\nSyd. {angrily). No, sir.\\nProthero. Here s another gentleman who\\nhasn t come to our party.\\nSyd. I want an explanation from you.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "120 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nProthero. Here s another gentleman who\\nwants an explanation.\\nSyd. I noticed a very vulgar, over-dressed\\nperson following me all through my travels in\\nthe Cape and the Transvaal.\\nProthero. Indeed\\nSyd. On my landing, yesterday, the man\\nborrowed a five-pound note from me on the\\nstrength of the information that you set him\\nto spy upon me.\\nProthero. Quite right. I did.\\nSyd. You did? You own it?\\nProthero. Well, what s the use of deny-\\ning it?\\nSyd. (very indignantly). May I ask you why\\nyou set that man to spy upon me\\nProthero. Because I thought it judicious,\\nmy dear Sydenham, to act upon the principle\\nwhich you taught me in our transactions with\\nour friend Reffell.\\nSyd. The principle I taught you\\nProthero. Yes, the principle of invariably\\nsetting one honest man to look after another\\nhonest man. (^Murmurs of Oh Oh f)\\nLord B. Mr. Prothero, it is useless to pre-\\nvaricate any further\\nProthero. Prevaricate, Lord Bicester I\\ndon t intend to prevaricate, I assure you I\\nintend to be quite plain with all of you.", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 121\\nSyd. I think it s time. Here we are with\\nour money lost, our characters blown upon, our\\nfutures ruined\\nProthero. Quite true Quite true\\nSyd. The whole press of the country calling\\nus common swindlers and rogues\\nProthero. Quite true Quite true\\nSyd. Well, sir, what have you to say\\nProthero. The first thing that strikes me,\\nmy dear Sydenham, is that we are all in the\\nswim together.\\nSyd. Well\\nProthero. That being so, I fancy you had\\nbetter all of you try to keep me afloat, instead\\nof trying to drown me.\\nSyd. Drown you\\nProthero. Isn t that what you are all try-\\ning to do But understand me quite plainly,\\nwe all sink or swim together. I don t know\\nexactly how we stand with regard to the law.\\nThank God, it s rather vague in company cases,\\nand with care we may manage to wriggle out\\nwithout a stain on our characters or our con-\\nsciences. But it s doubtful. A good deal will\\ndepend upon our reputations.\\nLord B. I must insist upon some one vin-\\ndicating my reputation.\\nProthero. Certainly, Lord Bicester I ll\\nvindicate it myself. And you shall vindicate", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "122 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act ill\\nmine. We will all vindicate each other, and if\\nany of you think that you re going to sink me\\nand swim yourselves, I will beg you to correct\\nthat idea at once. You have stuck to me in the\\npast, I will not desert you in the future. My\\narm is round all your necks, and if I go down,\\nyou all go down with me, I assure you. Is\\nthere any gentleman requires any further expla-\\nnation? No? Then we will enjoy ourselves.\\nReff. But, Prothero this is all very well,\\nyou know, but\\nProthero. Well\\nReff. We must offer some explanation to\\nthe public, and to our shareholders.\\nProthero. We will, my dear Reffell, we\\nwill. You call a general meeting, and I will\\noffer a full explanation of everything to every-\\nbody. You leave the explaining business to me.\\nAnd now I hope we shall settle down to a pleas-\\nant social evening.\\nMrs. Prothero cotnes in through the archway,\\nhalf drawing aside curtai7is\\nMrs. p. Mr. Lambert is in the next room.\\nHe wishes to speak to you privately.\\nProthero. Ask Mr. Lambert to please\\nwait. When I have finished with my friends\\nI will attend to him.", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 123\\nMrs. p. It s urgent very urgent.\\nGeorge enters at archway.\\nProthero. Well?\\nGeorge. Mr. Prothero, I want a few words\\nwith you.\\nProthero. As many as you please, sir.\\nGeorge. Before these gentlemen\\nProthero. Why not\\nGeorge. You wish me to speak out\\nProthero. Yes yes\\nGeorge. Take care It s at your cost if I do.\\nProthero. No, sir It s at your cost if\\nyou do. Speak out\\nMrs. p. No. You will see Mr. Lambert\\nalone if you please {to Hubbock and the\\nothers J getting them off (71? Prothero.) Yes,\\ndear\\nProthero. Gentlemen, I ll join you in a\\nfew minutes. Lord John, you ll find some\\nexcellent cigars in the smoking-room. Lord\\nBicester, you won t be going\\nLord B. Well, if I could be quite sure\\nthat my character\\n{Exeunt all the men except Prothero\\nand George. Mrs. Prothero goes\\noff last, looks at the two men, and\\ndraws the curtains on them.)", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "124 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nProthero. Now, sir.\\nGeorge. Now, Mr. George Jackman\\nProthero. Jackman\\nGeorge. That is your name. I told you\\nI should continue my inquiries till I did learn\\nwho and what you were. I found reason to\\nconnect you with a party of long-firm swin-\\ndlers, but you were so slippery that I couldn t\\ntell which of those gentlemen you were. To-\\nnight I took a friend of yours to my rooms,\\nand with the help of a sovereign, two glasses\\nof whiskey, and a few leading questions, I\\nmanaged to identify him as Robert Gushing,\\nand you as George Jackman.\\nMrs. Prothero enters, comes down to them\\narixiously.\\nGeorge. I also learned from Gushing\\nthat {turns to her) forgive me for saying\\nit that you have been this man s wife and\\naccomplice for man}^ years.\\nMrs. P. You know that I {shows great\\nshame). Oh {Turfis away. A pause.)\\nProthero. What else do you know\\nGeorge. I don t want to know any more.\\nFor her sake, if you care for her, don t force\\nme to go any further. Pm not obliged to\\npursue my inquiries. Pm not obliged to learn", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 125\\nwhether you have any debt to pay to your\\ncountry.\\nProthero. Well, then, why the devil don t\\nyou leave us alone, and go your own way\\nGeorge. Because I must satisfy myself\\nabout my birth and my people. I believe you\\ncan tell me.\\nProthero. I can\\nGeorge. Answer me a few questions truth-\\nfully, and I promise you I ll let the whole\\nmatter drop so far as you and she are con-\\ncerned.\\nLady Clarabut eiiiers at archway.\\nLady C. Oh, I beg pardon. You are en-\\ngaged.\\nGeorge. No no at least Is Sir Will-\\niam there\\nLady C. Yes.\\nGeorge. I think you have both a right to\\nbe here. Will you ask him to come this\\nway\\n(Lady Clarabut beckons at archway.^\\nGeorge. For your wife s sake I want to\\nspare her\\nProthero. You don t want to spare me\\nGeorge. Why should I You are nothing\\nto me.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "126 THE ROGUE S COMEDY ACT ill\\nEnter Sir William, comes down stage with\\nLady Clarabut.\\nGeorge. Sir William Lady Clarabut, if\\nyou give me your daughter, I wish you to be\\nsure that nothing will arise in the future to\\nmake you regret it. If there is anything to be\\nknown, I d rather you knew it at once.\\nLady C. You re a dear good fellow. I m\\nsure you love Nina too much to wish us to sac-\\nrifice her.\\nGeorge. Yes, yes but (71? Prothe-\\nRO.) Now, will you answer my questions\\nProthero. Yes\\nMrs. p. (^aside). George You won t\\nyou won t\\nProthero {aside). Leave me alone. Leave\\nme alone. {To George.) Go on, sir.\\nGeorge. My father Who was he\\nProthero. Your father {Mute appeal\\nfrom Mrs. Prothero.) Your father? Well,\\nhe was a very old friend of mine\\nGeorge. In your line of\\nProthero. Of business? Well he was a\\ndear good fellow\\nGeorge. Where is he\\nProthero. Dead.\\nGeorge. Dead\\nProthero. Yes, died on a voyage to", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 127\\nAustralia. Poor Jack Burton I was very\\nmuch attached to him. That s the reason I\\ntook so much interest in you. I went to\\nGravesend to see him off I can see him on\\nthe landing-stage. When we shook hands for\\nthe last time he gave me this ring (^point-\\ning to ring on tvatch- chain). I ve worn it ever\\nsince.\\nGeorge. My mother?\\nProthero. Oh, she had been dead a good\\nmany years before that. I never knew her. A\\nvery good woman I believe much too good for\\nhim. You needn t be ashamed of her memory.\\nShe had nothing to do with our profession.\\nGeorge. My father was there anything\\nagainst him\\nProthero. Well there were a few things.\\nBut he was a dear good fellow why rake them\\nup Why not let them rest with him at the\\nbottom of the ocean Poor Jack one of the\\nbest and honestest fellows that ever breathed.\\nGeorge. Honest\\nProthero. According to his lights.\\nLady C. But are you sure, Mr. Prothero,\\nthat this Burton left no trace, nothing that\\ncould be used against Mr. Lambert in his future\\ncareer\\nProthero. Quite. The man s dead.\\nThere s an end of him.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "128 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nGeorge. Lady Clarabut Sir William, are\\nyou satisfied\\nSir W. Quite, eh, Margaret\\nLady C. Quite. So very kind and consid-\\nerate of such a father to die.\\nProthero. It was very obliging of him,\\nwasn t it\\nGeorge. Thank you, Mr. Prothero. I ll\\nkeep my word to you. But if I may advise\\nyou, I have Mr. Gushing in my rooms, he is\\nsafely locked there for the present with a bottle\\nof whiskey. In kindness to you I ll keep him\\nthere for the night.\\nProthero. Why\\nGeorge. From some hints that he dropped\\nover his whiskey I think 3^ou will be well ad-\\nvised to leave the country before he gets loose.\\nProthero. Leave the country\\nMrs. p. Yes, George yes, it will be best.\\nI m sure yes, dear.\\nGeorge. You ll be able to catch the mid-\\nnight mail to Liverpool and the White Star\\nboat sails to-morrow.\\nProthero. Midnight mail But my guests?\\nIf I go, what is to become of them Will you\\nbe kind enough to entertain them\\nLady C. Well We won t mention\\nyour departure.\\nProthero (goes up to curtain, calls Palmer.", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 129\\nPalmer {enters). Yes, sir.\\n(Prothero whispers instructions to\\nPalmer.)\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. {Exit.)\\nGeorge. Mrs. Prothero, you intend to share\\nyour husband s fortunes\\nMrs. p. Oh, yes.\\nGeorge. I can be of no further service\\nto you\\nMrs. p. No, thank you, none.\\nProthero. Your cloak s in there, Liz.\\nMrs. p. Yes. {He gives her a sign.)\\n{Exit Mrs. Prothero, r.)\\nProthero. I rely on you to entertain\\nmy guests. Lady Clarabut, after my depar-\\nture.\\nLady C. Oh, certainly and as I am very\\nmuch indebted to you, remember I shall be glad\\nif I can be of any service to you on the other\\nside of the world.\\nProthero. Thank you. {To George.)\\nYour father wasn t a bad sort of a fellow\\nyou d like his ring\\nGeorge. Yes, I should.\\n(Prothero gives ring.)\\nProthero. You ll shake hands with his old\\nfriend\\n(George draws back. Prothero shows\\npain.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "130 THE ROGUE S COMEDY act hi\\nRe-enter Mrs. Prothero, cloaked over her\\nevening dress.\\nMrs. p. I m ready, George.\\nRe-enter Palmer with Prothero s hat\\nand coat.\\nPalmer {helping on The hansom s wait-\\ning, sir.\\nProthero. At the back door\\nPalmer. Yes, sir. Everything is ready.\\nProthero. Thank you, Palmer.\\n{Exit Palmer.)\\nEnter Nina through curtains.\\nNina. Mamma what is it? What s the\\nmatter\\nLady C. Matter? Nothing, my dear\\nexcept that we ve given our consent to your\\nmarriage with Mr. Lambert.\\nProthero. Good-bye, Sir William. Good-\\nbye, Lady Clarabut. {Holds out hand to\\nGeorge.) You ll shake hands with an old\\nfriend of your father s What does it mat-\\nter you ll never see me again!\\n(George shakes hands. Prothero shakes\\nhands cordially.", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "ACT III THE ROGUE S COMEDY 131\\nProthero. God bless you (Mrs. Pro-\\nTHERO breaks down. Prothero goes to her.\\nBuck up, old girl Buck up\\n{Exeunt Prothero and Mrs. Prothero.\\nGeorge gives his arm to Nina. Cur-\\ntains are drawn asunder, discover re-\\nception in full swing. Guests enter\\nand talk. Buzz, buzz, buzz of conver-\\nsation. Band strikes up a lively tune.\\nCurtain.", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3047", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3088", "width": "1987", "jp2-path": "roguescomedyplay01jone_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "JAN 3 1901\\nDeacidified using the Bookkeeper process.\\nNeutralizing agent: Magnesium Oxide\\nTreatnnent Date: April 2009\\nPreservationTechnologies\\nA WORLD LEADER IN COLLECTIONS PRESERVATION\\n111 Thomson Park Drive\\nr.ranheriv TownshiD. 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