{"1": {"fulltext": "Vallcntme, B. B-\\nT,ri Pa#*adlisc A\\naet.\\nJS993\\n|arce in n 2", "height": "3571", "width": "2197", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class. PS 3JJA\\nBook_\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ /^-7", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "IN PA R A D I S E\\nA FARCE\\nIN ONE ACT\\nBY\\nB. B. VALLENTINE\\nI)\\nAUTHOR OF\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cA Southern Romance.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Fitznoodee.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The Lock\u00c2\u00ac\\nsmith of Paris. \u00e2\u0080\u009cFadette.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cTheAngee,\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Chameeeon,\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cMadame\\nSaccard.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Etc.\\nCopyright by B. B. Vallentine, 1899.", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "IN PARADISE\\nFi.rst performed at Keith s Theatre, Union Square, New York,\\nJanuary 22, igoo.\\nMonsieur Pontbicliot.Mr. Wilson Deal\\nMonsieur Gresillon.Mr. C. W. Vance\\nRaphael Delacroix.Mr. Edwin Brewster\\n{iAn Artist.\\nChico.Mr. Richard Meredith\\n{tA Lion Tamer.)\\nRosalie.Miss Sadie Handy\\nMadame Pontbichot .Miss May Niblo Drew\\nClaire Taupin.Miss Minnie Seligman\\n56679", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "TWO COPIES RECEIVEO.\\nL lura/-y jf\\nOffice of tbii\\nn\\n(Jlycr\\\\} 5\\nFEB 1 91900\\nntgiittr of Copyrights,\\nIN PARADISE.\\nScene.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Kondoir of Claire Taupin. Elegantly furnished,\\nportieres. ;e. Part of folding bed seen through alcove.\\nBehind the bed, a ladder not in view of the audience K.\\nbetween bed and the door a fireplace, mantel and mirror.\\nTable in the middle. Couch L. Three doors L., one of\\nwhich is in the alcove. Door R. first entrance. Chairs\\nbehiml the table and at K.\\nAt rise:\u00e2\u0080\u0094Rosalie discovered turning over account books on\\ntable.\\nROSATdE. Well. I must say my mistress for an artist\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nmodel, and even for an ex-actress who has been so long on\\nthe stage, is very extravagant. (Sighing.) 1 can t get these\\naccounts straight, and yet she wants me to have them in\\norder, to show her guardian. ^Monsieur (tresillon. just how\\nshe spends the allowance that her uncle It ft her. Now, 1\\nAvonder she doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t tell old Gresillon, who is the executor\\nof the will, that she is engaged to ^lousieur Chico. I sup\u00c2\u00ac\\npose it is because Monsieur Gresillon might not iike ]Mon-\\nsieur Chico\u00e2\u0080\u0099s profession, and INIademoiselle does not wish to\\nanger old Gresillon or he might stop paying her alloAvance\\nin advance. (Examining accounts.) And she does want\\nmoney badly. I really don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t know Avhat to say to the\\nlandlord and the tradespeople who keep calling to collect\\nbills.\\n(Ring.)\u00e2\u0080\u0094I wonder Avho that can be; ^Mademoistdle cannot\\nbe back already.\\n(Ring heard again.)\u00e2\u0080\u0094Whoever it is, is in a great hurry.\\n(Exit L. U. E.)\\n(Re-enter ROSALIE with RAPHAEL.)\\nRAl HAEL. Where is your mistress\u00e2\u0080\u0099.\\nROSALIE. She is (mt, but will be back soon. (Aside.)\\nThis must be the artist. Monsieur Raphael Delacroix, who\\nlives on the fioor aboA^e.\\nRAI\u00c2\u00bbIIAEL. Hoav very provoking that I can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t see her at\\nonce. She is an artist\u00e2\u0080\u0099s model\u00e2\u0080\u0094is she not?", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "4\\nIN PARADISE.\\nROSALIE. Oil, yt .s. An ex-actress*, a sin. 2 :er and several\\nother thinjis beside.\\nRAPHAEL. ((living* money.) Now, yon are a pretty\\ngirl\\nROSALIE. Thank yon, Monsieur.\\nRAPHAEL. So I ll take yon into my confidence and\\nyou\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve got to help me and be quick about it, as I haven\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nmuch time. This is the situation\u00e2\u0080\u0094I want your mistress tO\\nliretend to have been engaged to be married to me.\\nROSALIE. To von\\nItAlTIAEL. Don t interrupt. An old gentleman from\\nthe country will come here by and by. I m going to marry\\nhis daughter, but he won\u00e2\u0080\u0099t give his consent until he breaks\\noft personally with my former fiancee. Now. your mistress\\nmust be that former fiancee although I never had a former\\nfiancee.\\nROSALIE. I never heard of such a thing,\\nRAPHAEL. Of course you didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t. This old gentleman,\\nMonsieur Pontbichot, unknoAvn to his wife, Madame Pont-\\nbichot, wants to see what he believes to lie Parisian life,\\nand I will iiret^nd to show it him. Now I must go, and\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll return with The old gentleman immediately. (Giving\\nmore money.) Perhaps you d better say nothing to your\\nmistress. So when I come, just act as if you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d never seen\\nme before.\\nROSALIE. Very well. I ll keep my mouth shut.\\nRAPHAEL. Precisely. Now I ll be off. (Exit RAPH\u00c2\u00ac\\nAEL,)\\nROSAIdPl (I ooking after him.) AVhat a joke! I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nsee why Mademoiselle shouldn t do it. It will only be like\\nacting a part and I should think he d itay well for it, and\\nwe want money. (She returns to the account books.)\\nRing.\u00e2\u0080\u0094That must surely be Mademoiselle. (PIxit RO\u00c2\u00ac\\nSA LIl*:.)\\n(Re-enter ROSALIE, followed bv OLAIltE. with parcels\\netc.)\\nI.AIRPj. 1 in tirt d out. Those dry goods people are\\nperfect brutes. So long as you have nionev von can have\\neverything in the store, but wlnn you haven t the smallest\\ntrifle comes O. I), ash or death. Anvbodv called, Ro\u00c2\u00ac\\nsalie 4\\nROSALIPl Yes, :Madenioiselle; the landlord and Mon\u00c2\u00ac\\nsieur Chico.\\nCLAIRE. Tell the landlord I m out\u00e2\u0080\u0094tell him anything\\nyou like\u00e2\u0080\u0094and show Monsieur (ftiico in.\\nROSAIJP:. (P\u00e2\u0080\u0099orgetting herscdf.) And there was\u00e2\u0080\u0094I\\nmean I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been at work on the accounts, and they re not yet\\nready to show to Monsieur Gresillon.\\nCI.AIRPl (Sitting at table with Rosalie.) Let me see.", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "IX PARADISE.\\nI .5\\nUOSALIE. ril just tiiiisli this aiUlitioii.\\nCLAIKE. (Looking? at book.) Dear me. the expenses;\\nwere heavy last month.\\nROSALIE. Mademoiselle would o to Monte Carlo.\\nCLAIKE. es, I had bad luc k. Never mind. I suppose\\nthinjis will eome out all rijiiit. Have the i)ainters tinished in\\nthe drawing room?\\nROSALIE. Not yet.\\nCLAIRE. hat a nuisanee. So I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m obliged to receive\\nill my bedroom. (T.iOoks at accounts again as Chico enters.)\\nCHICO. Always adding and tiguring\u00e2\u0080\u0094if woman is a ser\u00c2\u00ac\\npent. you ought to be called an adder.\\nCLAIRE. Ah. Chico! So glad to see vou\u00e2\u0080\u0094why. what\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nthe matter?\\nCHICO. Nothing.\\nCLAIRE. There is something. I o ROSA LIE.) Rosalie.\\nROSALIE. (Rising, and as she goes.) The lion tamer is\\nin a bad temiier to-day. When they\u00e2\u0080\u0099re married he\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll soon\\ntind out who s the tamer. (Exit ROSALIE.)\\nCLAIRE. Now, tell me what it is. (Ooing to liox and\\nshowing a jacket and pajamas.) See. hert^\u00e2\u0080\u00941 remembered\\nit was your birthday. AVhat do you think of this. Chico?\\nCHICO. Thanks. (Pause.) AVell. it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s your maid Rosalii\\nwho told me 1 mustn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t \u00e2\u0080\u0098all whenever .vour guardian is likely\\nto be here.\\nCLAIRE. She did (piite right. You know my guai dian is\\nexecutor of my uncle\u00e2\u0080\u0099s will, and 1 must keep in his good\\ngraces. He must not see you here. Ib does not know we\\nare engaged to be married, as he would object to you on ac\u00c2\u00ac\\ncount of your profession.\\nCHICO. 1 object to him from evei-y point of view. He is\\nrich and can give you everything in the way of luxury.\\nCLAIRE. That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s where you make a mistake. 1I(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 loles\\nme out weekly the income from the investment, my uncle\\nmade for me. He is not generous\u00e2\u0080\u0094he is a skinflint. ((TTICO\\nrises and flicks with his whip the furniture.) Ah, (\u00e2\u0080\u0099liico.\\ncome here. (Sitting on couch.) (!oni( here, you giuait big\\nbaby, and I will tell you something which will bring a smile\\ninto those melancholy eyes. (CHICO sits by the side of her.)\\nOnce there was a lion tamer who tamed ferocious animals\\nat the Neuilly Fair. One stormy day Mie tawny brutes\\nwatched the door of their cage and seemed to ask if he would\\ndare to enter! He entered.\\nCHICO. (Rising and taking a theatri(*al pose.) Like this.\\n(Coes to R.)\\nLAIRE. (Rising.) Dominated by. his fascinating eye,\\nthe beasts recoiled. (Chico goes through motions.) At this\\nnioment there was a. flash of lightning, a peal of thunder\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe bi-utes i-oared, (CHK. O imitates the roaiang of a lion.)\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099he i)ublic sl(i-ieke l. i-y of fright.) Ah! (Changing tone.)", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "IN PA RADIS PJ.\\nniie subduer was ou the j\u00c2\u00bbroiiiul stnijigliu^* in the gi asp of\\na ferocious panther. (CHICO, jtoing through act of strug\u00c2\u00ac\\ngling, stops.)\\nCHICO. No, no it wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t a pantlier; you always make a\\nmistake; it Avas a lion, the lion Jupiter.\\nCLAIKE. A lion,. Of course, it was a lion; I always for\u00c2\u00ac\\nget. I said to myself. \u00e2\u0080\u009cHe is lost,\u00e2\u0080\u009d but Avhen I saw you rise\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(CHICO rises) and lash, and lash the lion Avitli your whip,\\nand forcing the monster to crouch before you, A^anquished.\\n.(CHICO cracking the Avhip.)\\nCHICO. (Cracking the AA hip.) Hoop-la I Jupiter! Hoop\u00c2\u00ac\\nla! (He goes up and round the table crying, \u00e2\u0080\u009cHoop la!\u00e2\u0080\u009d)\\nCLAIIIE. Then you placed your foot on his head (CHICO\\ngoes through motion of placing foot on lion\u00e2\u0080\u0099s head), and, amid\\nthunders of applause, you boAA-ed to the public. (CHICO\\nboAA\u00e2\u0080\u0099S.) Then I said to myself. That man has my AA\u00e2\u0080\u0099hole heart\\nand can do AA ith me Avhat he pleases\u00e2\u0080\u0094and yet you say that I\\n\u00c2\u00ablo not loA^e yon!\\nCHICO. (Coming doAvn stage to li. of her.) Well, I admit\\nthat I am jealous of your guardian, Gresilloii. but AA^hen AA e\u00e2\u0080\u0099re\\nmarried it aaJII be different, but uoaa\u00e2\u0080\u0099 I must go and train the\\nlions. I am luiAung a lot of trouble AAuth Jupiter.\\nCLAIIvE. What\u00e2\u0080\u0099s the matter Avith him? Is he ill?\\nCHICO. No., but he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s got spring feAm-, ahd has been ugly\\nfor about a AAeek. I erhaps one tine day Jupiter may SAA^al-\\nloAA me AA hole. Then you luiA^e him stulfed. and a floral of-\\nffering placed around his mane w ith the AA\u00e2\u0080\u0099ords:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u009cTo Chico;\\nSAvalloAA-ed, but not forgotten.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Goodby! (Exit CHICO.)\\nCLAIRE. If AA\u00e2\u0080\u0099omen were sensible they AAmuld never love\\nanybody. But Avhat is one to do if one has a heart?\\n(Enter ROSALIE.)\\nROSALIE. A caller. Mademoiselle.\\nCLAIRE. Who is it?\\nROSALIE. Here\u00e2\u0080\u0099s his card,\\nCLAIRE. (Reading.) Monsieur Raphael Didacroix. Who\\nis he?\\nROSALIE. I think it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s the artist who lives on tlie floor\\na boA\u00e2\u0080\u0099e.\\nCLAIRE. What does he want Avith me?\\nROSALIE. (Aside.) I mustn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t say. (Aloud.) He didn t\\nsay.\\nCLAIRE. ShoAA\u00e2\u0080\u0099 him in. Ask him to Avait a little, and\\nthen come and help me arrange my hair. (Exit Claire R.)\\nROSALIE. What does he want Avith me? I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m not sup\u00c2\u00ac\\nposed to know,, but as he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s an artist, she must surely sup\u00c2\u00ac\\npose that he Avants her to pose for a model for one of his\\n;pictures, (Oi ening door at back.) This way, monsieur.\\n.RAPHAEL. Well, you didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t say a Avord?", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "IN paradisp:.\\nliOSALIE. Not n word. Mademoiselle wil be here im\u00c2\u00ac\\nmediately. But where s the old gentleman V\\nIvABlIAEL.\u00e2\u0080\u0094Oh. he\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be along; but tell yonr mistress to\\nmake haste.\\nROSALIE. All right, monsitnir. (Exit Rosalie R.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Alone.) Well, 1 mnst say my future fath\u00c2\u00ac\\ner-in-law is a most (mergetie individual\u00e2\u0080\u0094a hustler, in fact.\\nAfter his daughter, Mll(\u00e2\u0080\u0098. Jeanne Pontbichot, whom I love,\\nhad promised to be my wife, he declined to giv(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 his consent\\nunless he was allowed to l)reak olf personally with my for\u00c2\u00ac\\nmer attachment. Now. as I havim\u00e2\u0080\u0099t any former attach\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve ome liere to make iiim believe that I have.\\nWhen the coachman oi)ened the door of the cab, and, push\u00c2\u00ac\\ning me in. my future father-in-law, M. Pontbichot, said.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cWhere doe.s she live?\u00e2\u0080\u009d 1 was .just about to slip out at the\\noj)posite door when an idea struck me. 1 remembered my\\nneighbor in the Bat Ixdow me was a lively artist\u00e2\u0080\u0099s model,\\nas well as an x-aetr(\u00e2\u0080\u0098ss, so 1 had no lu sitation in giving my\\nown addiress. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u0098What\u00e2\u0080\u0099.- At yonr own honsi he sai(I.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cHow very convenient!\u00e2\u0080\u009d Now, it only remained for me to\\nget rid of my fntnn father-in-law for a whihc 1 couldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nl)res(mt myself and M. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ontbichot to a lady I\u00e2\u0080\u0099d only met\\non the staircase to ask her to br(\u00e2\u0080\u0098ak off friendship with me,,\\na man she didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t know. 1 then Ixdhonght myself of a lit\u00c2\u00ac\\ntle present. Hang it all. one can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t break off witbont a part\u00c2\u00ac\\ning gift. \u00e2\u0080\u009cHave yon any money about yonV\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cNot a son,\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nsaid 1. \u00e2\u0080\u009c.Neitlier have 1.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cOh. tlnm,\u00e2\u0080\u009d said 1, \u00e2\u0080\u009cwedl break\\nit off to-morrow.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cNo! no! To-day! Ooachman, drive to\\nthe (\u00e2\u0080\u0099rc dit Lyonnais Hank.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Vovy well,\u00e2\u0080\u009d I said; \u00e2\u0080\u009cyon go\\nthere, and I will go and prepare her for onr coming.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Then\\nI jumped out of the carriage and told tlu\u00e2\u0080\u0098 coacdiman to drive\\nslowly. 1 wish she\u00e2\u0080\u0099d come. Pll ring. (EnttM* Rosalie.)\\nROSALIE. What do yon wish, monsieur?\\nRAPHAEL. How long will yonr mistress bt\\nROSALIE. She\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll be here in a miniitt*.\\nRAPHAEL. I wish she\u00e2\u0080\u0099d coni(\u00e2\u0080\u0098.\\nROSALIE. (Aside.) He\u00e2\u0080\u0099s in a linrry.) Exit Rosalio.\\n(Enter Claire.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Seeing her and going toward R.) Ah. at\\nlast! Now I wonder if sh(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 ll hav(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 me ki(.\u00e2\u0080\u0098ked out.\\nCLAIRE. Von wish to speak with me. monsier.f?\\nRAPILAEL. Vt s, madaine. Although we do not know\\nea(\u00e2\u0080\u0098h othei-. I ask yon to do nu a servic(\u00e2\u0080\u0098\u00e2\u0080\u0094an immens(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 s(\u00e2\u0080\u0098r-\\nvic(\u00e2\u0080\u0098.\\nCLAIRE. (Amiable.) Indeed, as a neighbor, if it is in\\nmy j)ower. (She sits L. of tabU\\nRAPHAEL. (Sitting at R.) Madanu in heaven s name,\\nlet me be yonr lover.\\nCLAIRE. What?", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "s\\nIN PARAiDlSE.\\nUAPIIAEI.. Oil, for a quai-t(M of an hour: :Make it\\ntwenty minutes to l)e (piite sinu\\nOLAIlvE. I wonder where j on think you are.\\nKAl\u00e2\u0080\u0099IlAEI.. (Rises.) Kiit yon do not umhM\u00e2\u0080\u0099stand.\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0LAIKE. Then what lo yon waiitV\\nKAlMIAkRj. An old gentleman from La Pour, whom you\\ndo not know, will be hert\u00e2\u0080\u0098 immediatcdy. Ib* will beg- of you\\nnot to love me any more.\\nCLAIKE. Not to love you any inort*?\\nKAITIAEL. 1 iK ji\u00e2\u0080\u0099 of you not to interrnpt me\u00e2\u0080\u0094every\\nmoment is precious.\\nCLAlKPh (More and mort astonislu d.) (Jo on. ^Monsieur,\\ngo on!\\nKAPIIAEL. Then you must shed tears. (Assuming the\\nvoice of a woman in desi dr.) \u00e2\u0080\u009cTo leave Raphael\u00e2\u0080\u0094so good\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nso gentle\u00e2\u0080\u0094so loyal! It is so hard to part from him.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Then\\nyou must swear never to see nu* again, and then the old gen\u00c2\u00ac\\ntleman will soothe your feelings by offering you a little\\npresent, which he is now dr.-iwing fi-oin the bank.\\nCT.AIRE. Oh. Monsimir. 1 tliink I umh rstand now. You\\nhave had the elfrontt ry to claim an acouaintama with nu\\nwithout consulting nuc\\nRAPHAEL. I didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t have time.\\nLA IRE. At the risk of comiirtimising me.\\nRAPHAEL. Hut nobody Avill know.\\nOLAIRE. 1 think I underst:ind. Monsiimr said to him\u00c2\u00ac\\nself:\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u009criair( Tauiiin is .an artist\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mod( l. has been an actress\\nand may 1 h\u00e2\u0080\u0098 tiaaited with contemiit. and by giving her a little\\npresent-.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Oh! 1 h.avt no iiaticma ((Jiving Raphael his\\nh.at. whicli lu had put on tin tabha) lleiaa is your hat,\\n.Monsit ur. You\u00e2\u0080\u0099d btUtia* go.\\nRAPHAEL. What! Then you ivfusc\u00e2\u0080\u0099.\\n(TvAIRE. (k rtainly. 1 refuse (She is about to go.)\\nRAPHAEL. ((Joing to her ,aft(*r having put his hat on the\\ntjible.) Hut. Mademoise ile. you do not umierstand. After all,\\nwhat is it 1 ask\u00e2\u0080\u0099/ Meia ly to h t nu ]eass a f(\u00e2\u0080\u0098w minutes here\\nposing as your lover in order to hoodwink an old gentlem.an\\nwho will not give nu his daughte r unless I li.ave an entangle\u00c2\u00ac\\nment which he wants to break off himse lf.\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAIRE. ((\u00e2\u0080\u0099oming down and passing down to R.) Then\\nwhy on earth didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t you take* him to sonu oiu whom you\\nknow\u00e2\u0080\u0099/\\nRAPHAEL, ((k)ming down to 1,. before the ceem-h.) It\\nwas impossible. (Earnestly.) 1 havesno one.\\nCLAIRE. Then why did yon come to me\u00e2\u0080\u0099/\\nRAPHAEL. hy\u00e2\u0080\u0099/ (Struck with an iele^a.) He eaiuse 1 was\\nproud to say that 1 was the love r eef the prettiest woman\\nin Paris.\\nCLAIRE. (Se)tteiK el.I Oh. inde e d. diel yoti sjiy that\u00e2\u0080\u0099/", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "IN PARADISE.\\n0\\nIvAPHAEI.. Of course, I did. Then my future father-in-\\nlaw cried. \u00e2\u0080\u009cWliy. that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Claire Tanpin.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nCLAIRE. O dattered.) No.\\nRAPHAEL. I assure you. You sec, if I have compro\u00c2\u00ac\\nmised you. A\u00e2\u0080\u0099our l\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab aifty is as much to l)lan! as 1\\nCLAIRE. (Siniliip;.) Is it very im])ortant to your happi\u00c2\u00ac\\nness that 1 render you this service?\\nRAl\u00e2\u0080\u0099HAEI.. It is indeed necessary.\\nCT.AIRE. Then Pll do it. After all. you don t ask me to\\ndo anythin.u\u00e2\u0080\u0099 that is dishonofahle. You simply wish me to\\nhoodwink an old .gentleman from La Tour, rell me, is he\\nvery shrewd?\\nRAI IIAEL. No: the provincial article.\\nCLAIlvE. Now. let me think for a moment what can we\\ndo. 1 have it! The scene from \u00e2\u0080\u009cCamille with old Duval!\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll play it:\\nRAITIAEI.. Do you know it?\\nCLAIRE. Do I know it? AYhy, it was on account of that\\nscene that I had to leave the conservatory\u00e2\u0080\u0094the other i?irls\\nwere jealous. (Coiii^- up and preparing- to act.) Old Duval\\nenters and says. \u00e2\u0080\u009cMademoiselle Mar.ituerite Oautier. (Turii-\\nin.i^ and actintr tin* other part.) \u00e2\u0080\u009cIt is I. monsieur. To whom\\nhave I the honor of speakiim? I o ^Monsieur Duval. \u00e2\u0080\u009cTo\\nAh!\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nMonsieur Duval? Ah!\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\nCLAIRE. Yes. (Acting.) \u00e2\u0080\u009cAh, monsieur, cease. I he^- of\\nyou. You ask me to do something- that is too terrible.\\nRAPHAEL. Superb.\\nCLAIRE. And 3 -et the critics said that I acttnl without\\nfeeling.\\nRAPHAEL. Nonsense. If I had been there. 3 ou would\\nhave received a curtain call.\\nCr^AIRE. And now 3 ou intist put on this dressing jacket.\\n{Gets jacket) and I ll address 3 \u00e2\u0080\u0099ou familiarly, so that 3 ou will\\nfeel perfectl.v at home\u00e2\u0080\u0094and now ring. (Raphael rings.)\\n(Enter Rosalie.)\\nCLAIRE. Here. Rosalie ,take these things away. (Gives\\nher Raphael s hat and coat.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Looking at jacket.) That is mor(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 than I\\nbargained for. Ponthichot can t refuse me his daughter afttu-\\nthi.s.\\nCLAIRE. We re going to play a trick on an old gentleman\\nfrom the countiy. and pret(md to have been engaged to each\\nother; he ll be here imniediateb\\nROSALIE. Ver.v well. Mademoiselle. (Aside.) Well, he\\nwasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t long striking up an ac(iuaintance. (Exit Rosalie.)\\nRAPHAEL. Now, what will he say? He\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll he here soon.\\nCLAIRE. The jacket tits you like a glove, doesn t it?\\nCLAIRE. .Inst think how funnv it is that we are going", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "IN PARADISE.\\nto break off with eaeli other when there never was an attach\u00c2\u00ac\\nment, and 1 liave never seen yon before.\\nliArriAEl.,. It is ridicnlons when yon come to think of it.\\n(Kell rings.) There si a ring\u00e2\u0080\u0094it must be he.\\nEAIKE. (Pointing to sofa.) (io and sit tliere. (Kaphael\\nsits.)\\nROSALIE. (Entering.) Madame, it s the old gentleman\\nfrom La Tonr.\\nLAIRE. Show him in. (She sits close to Raphael.)\\nROSALIE. Here?\\nOLA IRE. Certain^\\nRAPHAEL. (Aside.) Oil. my tiancee, it is all for yon.\\nROSALIE. (Showing in POXTKICHt )T.) This way,\\nMonsienr.\\n(POXTBICIIET enters, hair frizzed, flower in bnttonhole.)\\nPOXTBICIIET. At last I am here, in Paradise.\\n(Exit IIOS.ALIE, taking Pontbichet s hat.) (I\u00e2\u0080\u0099onibichet\\nsees Olaire and Raphael. He \\\\vaits for a moment, and. see\u00c2\u00ac\\ning they do not speak, he decides br speak.)\\nPOXTBICTIOT. (Behind the table.) Mademoiselle Claire\\nTanpin-.\\nCLAIRE. (Rising.) It is 1. Monsienr. (RAPHAEL rises\\nand goes to I.,.)\\nPOXTBICHOT. By Jove, she is pretty!\\nCTvAIRE. To whom have I the honor of speaking?\\nPOXTBICHOT. To the future father-in-law of Monsieur\\nDelacroix.\\nCI.AIRE. (TTtering a cry, falls tragically on the (*onch.)\\nFuture father-in-law! Ah!\\nPOXTBICHOT. (Frightened, throws himself to the right\\nof the conch.) Oreat heavens! She s fainted!\\nRAPHAEL. (Quietly, going to left of conch.) Oh, it is\\nnothing, meiady emotion.\\nPOXTBICHOT. Co away, leave me alone with her.\\nRAPHAEL. AY hat for?\\nPOXTBICHOT. Yes, I ll call yon.\\nRAPHAEL. Promise me that yon ll treat lier gently. It\\nit so hard for her to give up a man like me.\\nPOXTBICHOT. I promise yon. (He goes ])ehind the\\ntable and insi)ects the apartment.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Entering room R.) If this is what a young\\nman must do in order to win the liand of a girl, half the\\nworld would be bachelors.\\nI*OXTBICHOT. (Examining furniture.) So this is the\\nboudoir of a sonbrette: what luxury! (Snifling.) \\\\Yhat per\u00c2\u00ac\\nfume\u00e2\u0080\u00941 wonder what my wife wotild say.\\nCLAIRE. (Aside, seeing that POXTBICHOT has not ad\u00c2\u00ac\\ndressed a word to her.) He seems to have forgotten me.\\n(Aloud.) Hum! Hum!", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "L 9fc\\nIN PARADISE.\\nII\\nIMNTHICHOT. She is ivviviiis (With aciininitioii.i She*\\nlooks even prettier tlian wlieii 1 tirst eain(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 in.\\nOLAIKK. (As if revivinjiM \\\\\\\\huM\u00e2\u0080\u0098e am IV (Aetiiii;\u00e2\u0080\u0099 with\u00e2\u0080\u0099\\nfear.) Oh, tis yon!\\nPOXTKIOHOT. MeV\\n(MyAIKK. VonV (Aside.) Now for (\u00e2\u0080\u0099ainillel\\n(I\u00e2\u0080\u0099OXTRICIIOT\\nCLAIRE. (Tra^jically.) All, AJonsienr. cease. I he\u00c2\u00ab of\\nyon; yon ask me to do soinethiiif*\u00e2\u0080\u0099 that is too dreadful, more\\nterrible than I conld have imagined. Yon shoidd not do so;\\nwe were so haiijiy.\\nP(IXTBIOHOT. (.Vside.) Sin* I Xjiresses herself hiainri-\\nfnlly. (Aloud Bnt the parting would have to come.\\nCLAIRE. Ah, Monsieur, yon do not know how wv lovc^\\none another. Von ask me to leave Armand!\\nBOXTBICIB )T. Armand V\\nCLAIRE. (Aside.) I meant Raiihael. 1 suffer, and\\nwhen one suffers it is dilticnlt to choose names\u00e2\u0080\u0094oh. how I\\nsuffer!\\nPOXTBICIIOT. (Aside, moved.) She looks splendid\\nwhen she suffers. (Taking her hand.) Listen.\\nCLAIRE. Ah! Yon can take my hand and feel m.v i)nls(\\\\\\nPOXTBICHOT. That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s what 1 am doing. It is slow.\\nCT.AIRE. Yon mean that it is very fast. (Drawing Ina-\\nhand away.) I have a fever.\\nPOX TBICHOT. (Aside.) Mow women, when they love.,\\ndo love.\\nCLAIRE. (Letting herself fall to (he light in desiiair.)\\nAh, Raphael! Ah. Rajihat..\\nliAPHAEL. (Looking in at dooi Here 1 am; is it\\nbroken off?\\nPOXTBICHOT. Xo. no! Xot yet.\\nRAPHAEL. I h(\u00e2\u0080\u0098ai(l my naimx\\nPOX^TBICHOT. It was she in despair. (Pushing him to\u00c2\u00ac\\nward L.) Co away.\\nRAPHAEL. Bnt-.\\nPOXTBICHOT. (Pnsliing him.) Co away, \u00e2\u0080\u0099losing (he\\ndoor.)\\nCLAIRE. Ah! Mis( rable woman, yon bdieved yourself\\nhapp.v; happiness is not for me.\\nPOXTBICHOT. (Trying to calie \u00c2\u00bber.) (\u00e2\u0080\u0099aim yoin-self.\\nCI.AIRL. .\\\\h! Monsienr, do yon know what, misery is.\\nPOXTPK\u00e2\u0080\u0099HOI\u00e2\u0080\u0099. 1 hav(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 been married thirty years.\\nCLAIRE. What will be my life henceforthV\\nPOXTBK HOT. (\u00e2\u0080\u0099oine, now. one so charming as yon.\\nCIvAlRE. (Rising and ])assing to L.) Do not torture me.\\nRa])ha(d, so .good, so gentle, so loyal!\\nPOXTBICHOT. (Asld(\u00e2\u0080\u0098, readiing R.) lids is dreadftil:\\nI can t stand it.", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "12\\nIN 1\\\\\\\\HADISE\\nCLAIRE. I shall di^.\\nPONTBICHOT. (Goiii^i lo her..) Oh!\\nCLAIRE. 1 feel it here. (She strikes her breast.)\\nI^OXTHICHOT. (Lnnerved.) Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t say thin^js like that.\\nCLAIRE. Blit 1 do.\\nPONTBICHOT. (Affected.) N( bnt-\\nCLAIRE. (Again isti-iking hers(\u00e2\u0080\u0098]f.) And then I feel it\\nthere. (She coughs.)\\nP()NTBICHOT. (Aside.) Ih rhaps if I offered her the\\nlittle present it might (\u00e2\u0080\u0098aim her. die takt s ont his pocket-\\nbook.)\\nCLAIRE. (Who has s(\u00e2\u0080\u0098en him.) Man. what are yon doingV\\nPONTBICHOT. (Taking ont banknotes.) Bnt\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCLAIRE. (Indignant, i)assing to IL) Honey I Yon rend\\nmy heart and atteni])t to heal it with money. Vott will\\nkill me.\\nPONTBUTIOT. (Not knowing what to do with the\\nmoney.) I beg yottr ytardon. 1 will not kill yon. (Going to\\npnt money in his pocket.)\\nCLAIRE. (Pointing to table.) No. pnt it therel (M\u00e2\u0080\u0099ith\\nnobility.) Ah! Honsienr, that which yon do is indeed in-\\nfainons.\\nP(.)NTBI(TI( )T. (About to pick up tin notes.) Bnt,\\nthen-\\nCLAIRE. (Qtiickly.) Don t touch them. (Taking tongs\\nfrom fireplace.) Those baidviiott s shall not soil my fingers.\\n(She picks tip the notes ivith tla* tongs and holds them\\nont.) What shamed Gn^at Ib avents! My mother! The\\nrent! The remt! (She rings.)\\nP( t.NI\u00e2\u0080\u0099BKdIOT. (More and more affe cted. draws ont his\\nhandke rchief.) She is thinking of he r mothe r.\\n(Enter ROSALIE.)\\nROSALIE. (Aside.) We ll, this is interesting.\\nCLAIRE. (To ROSALIE, handing her the banknotes at\\nthe end of the tongs.) Take these*. Rosjilie. and give them\\nto the i)()or. (Aside*.) I m the poor.\\nROSALIE. (Astonishe d, taking the* tongs with the notes.)\\nHa! Ha!\\nId )NI BI(\u00e2\u0080\u0099HOT. She* give s the in to the itoor. It is\\nSjtiblime\\n(Exit ROSALIE, lattgiiing. with tongs.)\\nCLAIRE. (Aside.) And ilow for the final re signation and\\nit is done. (Aloud.) Ah! As tlu y have told yon that I\\nhave a heart and that I am good, it is Raphael who has re\u00c2\u00ac\\nformed me.\\nPONTBICHOT. (Affected.) Raphae*!. Rapluu l.\\nCLAIRE. Raphael, yes. Yon ask me to separate from\\nhim for his fiitnre, for his hai ])iness. Command me. Pm\\nready.\\nPONTBICllol iSobbiiig.i Ah! Gre at Heaven!", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "IN PARAjDISE.\\nIS\\nCLAIRE. 1 didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t mean to aftVet luin like this.\\nPONTHK IR )T. Oh. Heaven! ih aveii!\\nCLAIRE. (Triumphant, to andieneo.i Tears, and the\\ncritics said I acted Avitliont feelini;-.\\nPOXTHICHO r. (Callins .l Rapliael! Rapliaell\\nRAPHAEL. (Entering Well, is it broken otfV\\nPOXTHICHOT. (Eyes tilled with tears.) Rroken off?\\nNo. Raphael, throw yonrself in her arms. Yon can t leave\\nthat woman.\\nRAPHAEL. What\u00e2\u0080\u0099s that he says?\\nPOXTRICIK )\u00e2\u0080\u0099r. Yon cannot do it.\\nRAPHAEL. (To POXT.) How is this, yon come here\\nto break it off. and instead of doinjr so yon-\\nPOXTRICHOT. She loves yon as .Inliet loved Romeo.\\nRAPHAEL. I l)e,ii- of yon to j^et me ont of this.\\nCLAIRE. (Low.) He reassured. (Aloud, with fe(dini;.)\\nWe must now say onr last adienx.\\nPOXTHICHOT. Xo!\\nRAPHAEL. Yes!\\nPOXTHICHOT. Xo! Xo!\\nCLAIRE. It imist be, because I wish it.\\nRAPHAEL. Yes. it must be. because she wishes it. Ah!\\nNon do noi know what a will she has when she wishes\\nsomethinjt.\\nRAPHAEL. It i^ hard for Ikm- to jiive np a man hk(\u00e2\u0080\u0098 me,\\nbut it must be.\\nCLAIRE. (To RAPHAEL.) Adieu!\\nRAPHAEL. Adieu! Adieu! (To I*OXT.) ome alons\\nlet us ^o. it* s broken off! (A ants to take him anay.t\\nPOXTHICHOT. If you leave her you are a scoundrel.\\nRAPHAEL. Come along.\\nPOXTHICHO r. Hive her at least one last good bye kiss.\\nRAITIAEL. One good bye kiss. yes.\\nthey are embracing. (HtESlLLOX appeals.)\\nORESII.LOX. AYhat is this? Hy old friend Pontbichotl\\nCLAIRE. (Turning round.) !NIy guardian. ^Monsieur\\nPOXTHICHOT and RAPHAEL. Oresdloii? Our old\\nfriend Oresillon.\\nCRESILLoX. Raplnud kissing my ward. laire Jan-\\npin. and in your presema*.\\n(POXT. L. (tRESlLLOX. RAPHAEL. (\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAIRE.)\\nCLAIRE. (Aside.) They know eacli other.\\nPOXTHICHOT. It Avas tlie biaaiking off kiss.\\n(Hides his face on CRESILLOX S shoulder.)\\nCRESH.LOX. Raphael, your lover!\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAIRE. (Passing betwt eii RAPHAEL and CRLSlI.i-\\nLOX Xot at all. Xow. this is becoming serious; enough\\nof acting. Why. I never saw the gentleman until an hour", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "14\\nIN PARAJDISE.\\nJiji-o. lie came here to ask hie to iiretend to lie his former\\ntiaiieee, in order to hoodwink that old gentleman. Is it not\\ntrue V\\nRArilAEL. It is (inite true.\\n(JKESILLON. And do yon expect me to digest that\\nstory V\\nroXTKlCIIOT. (To himself.) Then what the devil did\\nhe bring- me here forV\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAI HE. (To (IkESlLLOX.) Then you don t Ixdieve\\nmeV\\n(JKh^SILLOX. Hut. I saw Madame. 1 saw-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAIliE. 1 don t care what yon saw. 1 tell yon the\\ntruth, and yon doubt me.\\n(She goes up.)\\n(lllESILLOX. (Following her.) Ent-\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u0099LAIKPT Don t bother mel\\n(Exit CLAlKPll\\n(fUlOSlLLOX. Yon hear what she says.\\nK.VITIAPM.. My dear (fresillon-\\n(dKESILLOX. Don t dear mel Yon. Haphae], yon whom\\nI regarded as my most intimate friend, coming behind my\\nback and making love to my wai d, without (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(Uisnlting me!\\nItAITIAPMi. I tell yon 1 never saw the hnly.\\n(JUP:SILL()X. Then, why do I lind yon here with that\\nsmoking jacket on\\nKAFIIAPIL. Simply to make it appeal that 1 -was quite\\nat home here, to- deceive Monsieur Fonlbiehot.\\nDUICSILLOX. What do yon take me for\\nILVITIAPIL. Monsieur Pontbiehot insisted that I had a\\nformer tiancee; and exacted as a condition of consent to my\\nmarriage with his (laughter thar he should break off per\u00c2\u00ac\\nsonally my former attachment. So I induced this lady,\\nMademoiselle C\u00e2\u0080\u0099laire ranpin, to plav the jiart.\\nPOXTHICHOT. ((b)ing to PAPHAEL.) Kiphael, swear\\nto me that yon do not love Claire Tanpin.\\nKAPHA El.. 1 swear it!\\nPOXTHICHOT. Then this is where I come in.\\n(1KES1I TJ)X. (To KAITIAEL.) Xothing now remains\\nbut for me to go home.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099OXTHK\u00e2\u0080\u0099HOT. Yes. go home! Go home!\\n(He reaches K.)\\nRAIMI A EL. Hut-\\n(^KPlSILIAlX. (Severely.) (do home!\\nRAPHAPIL. .Yei y well, that/s what 1 will do.\\n(PLxit kapiiap:l.)\\nOKPISILLOX. A tine hn.sband he would have made for\\nyour daughter; he would have dei cived his wife. AVell\\nnow 1 have done with that young man.\\nPOX\u00e2\u0080\u0099riHCHOT. Then you go home?", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "IN PARA/DISE.\\n15\\n(tUESILLON. Yes. l*in ^?oing\\\\ and you may tell my\\nward, Mademoiselle Claire Taiipin-\\nrOXTBICHOT. Yes. of course. That s understood. Go\\nhome.\\nGliESILLOX. Give her these before I go. (Taking\\nT\u00c2\u00bbank notes from pocket and coming down.) Take them.\\nTell her it is a parting gift from me.\\nPOXTKICHOT. (Pushing him.) Yery well. Xow you d\\nbetter go,\\nGKESILLOX. (Coming down.) I really don t want to\\ngo. Don t let me go.\\nPOXTBICHGT. Oh, you make me weary! You re not a\\nman. you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re a weathercock!\\nGliESILLOX. (Going, but turing round and seeing\\nCLAIRE.) Claire. I did not expect tliis of you.\\nCI.iAIRE. You still doubt me Go away, guardian.\\nG RESILLOX. Claire.\\n(Coming towards her.)\\nPOXTRICHOT. (Going to GRESILI.OX). You d betb\u00e2\u0080\u0098r\\ngo. or I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll tell your wife.\\nGRESIITOX. My wife!\\n(Exit GRESII.LOX.)\\nCLAIRE. This will teach me not to render services to\\nstrangers in the future, and thus have a serious (piarrel\\nwith my guardian.\\nPOXTRICHOT. (To himself.) Pontbichot. the hour of\\nfreedom has arrived. This is glorious! Go it. Pontbichot.\\nWhat would my wife say if she saw me here in an actress\u00e2\u0080\u0099\\nboudoir?\\nCI AIRE. (Aside.) He walks up and down like one of\\nChico\u00e2\u0080\u0099s lions. An idea! If I could only get this old gentle\u00c2\u00ac\\nman to rent this apartment, to keep an eye on his son-in-law\\nin the apartment above, I could re-establish my credit with\\ntradespeople.\\nPOXTRICHOT. (Much embarrassed.) Madame-\\nMademoiselle, what the deuce does a fellow say the hist\\ntime he speaks to a soubrette?\\nCI.AIRE. Did you speak.\\nPOXTRICHOT. You see before you a man-a man-\\nhang it! I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t know how to begin. For thirty years 1\\nhave looked forward to such a meeting as this, and now\\nthat these anticipations are realized I can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t utter a word. T\\nfeel like a fool.\\nCLAIRE. You are bashful.\\nPONTBICHOT. Yes-me-\\nCLAIRE. Then this story of breaking it off was merely\\nan excuse for making my acquaintance?\\nPONTBICHOT. (Sheepish.) I may say yes.\\nCLAIRE. (Rising.) Then. Monsieur, I don t think I", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "IX PARADISE.\\nonu lit to listeD to yon any longer.\\ni\u00e2\u0080\u0099OXTFJCIIOT. Fnt yon really mnst.\\nCLAIRE. (Aside.) If I conld only get the old fool to\\nrent the apartment. 1*11 try, at any rate.\\nFONTKICHOT. Mademoiselle Claire Tanpin.\\nCLAIRE. (In a sweet voiee.) My friend.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099CXTBICIIOT. (.Toyfnlly.i Her friend! She calls me\\nher friend!\\nCI.AIRE. Come and sit here, near me.\\nROXTRICHOT. On the conch V\\nCLAIRE. Xow. 1 am going to read yon a lecture,\\n(POXTHICHOT takes her hand.) Xo. no: yon mnst be\\ngood.\\nroXTBICIIOT. Ah. do not draw away that naughty lit\u00c2\u00ac\\ntle hand, that little hand at the end of which is an arm on\\nwhich is a neck where sits the head of a goddess.\\nCI.AIRE. Xo. yon mustn t do that.\\nBOXTBKMIOT. Claire Tanpin-\\nCLAIRE. And I don t like von to stare at me like that.\\nBOXTRICIIOT. Clairette. oh! Clairette!\\nCLAIRE. (r)rop])ing her eyes.) Oh!\\nroXTBICHOT. I can t express half what I think about\\nyon. Yon are charming, adoralile, Claire: 1 believe that I\\nlove yon.\\nCLAIRE. (Simulating fear.) Yon really must go.\\nROXTBICHOT. Co, Avhen I am having a glimpse of Para\u00c2\u00ac\\ndise?\\nCLAIRE. I m afraid you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re a great tlirt and have made\\nmany comjnests. Yon are a perfect Don .Inan.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099OXTBICHOT. (Enthusiastic.) She says I m a Don\\n.Inan. Oh, Claire. (He snatches a kiss, his arm around her\\nwaist.)\\nCLAIRE. (In a tender tone.) Xow swear\u00e2\u0080\u0094swear that\\nyou ll marry me.\\nROXTBICHOT. But I m already married.\\nCLAIltE. ^larried! Married! Indeed! I irst Monsieur\\nRaphael Delacroix comes here and compromises me with my\\nguardian, and then yon appear and lead me to believe you\\nare about to make me an offer of marriage, and then tell me\\nyon have a wife. Yon are a nice pair. (Rontbichot un\u00c2\u00ac\\neasy.) But yon are far the worse of the two. As for that\\nfuture son-in-law of yours, the noise that goes on up in his\\napartments is simply dretidfnl. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve had the ceiling repaired\\ntwice since I have been here. He has driven away all my\\nclients. There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a procession on that staircase all night, and\\nthe saturnalia orgies that go on up there are awful. I won\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nstay in this apartment another day, not another hour, not\\nanother minute, even if I have three months\u00e2\u0080\u0099 rent to pay.\\nI OXTBICHOT, Yon shall not be a loser, ^Mademoiselle.", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "IN PARADISE.\\nITT\\nIf my fiitnro son-in-law iiuUiljios in orj;ies, and as yon are-\\nsoiiii*\u00e2\u0080\u0099 to leave I will rent these apartments, and keep an eye\\non him. Yon shall not be one franc ont of iKicket.\\nCLAIRE. Yon really will! rm so much obliged to you..\\nIt is such a relief. 1*11 riu.ii: for Rosalie, who is my maid and\\nsecretary. (Rini^s.)\\n(Enter ROSALIE.)\\nROSALIE. What now, 1 wonder?\\nCLAIRE. Rosalie, this .irenthmian has taken these apart\u00c2\u00ac\\nments for three months: see that the lease is at once trans\u00c2\u00ac\\nferred to him (low t( Rosalie) and make him i)ay all we owe.\\nROSALIE, (Low.) Never t (\u00e2\u0080\u0098ar, madam.\\nCLAIRE. ((jroin.i Adieu, Monsieui-. I trust you will\\nbe happier here than I have betm.\\n(Exit CLAIRE.)\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099ONTHICIIOT. Adieu, Mademoiselle.\\nROSALIE. (At table.) The lauit. Monsieur, will be five\\nhundred\u00e2\u0080\u0094I mean five thousand francs a month.\\nPONTHICIIOT. Wasn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t that rather a hasty shift? Five\\nthousand- (Aside.) flie devil. (Lookinj? in pocketbook,\\nwhich is empty.) I ^avi her all the money I had. Five\\nthousand, let me see. Ah! Oresilloirs breakinji- off ^lift. It\\ncame in handy. Five thousand, I think you said. There is\\nthe exact amount, (Handing\u00e2\u0080\u0099\u00e2\u0080\u0099 note s to Rosalie.)\\nROSALIE, AVhat name, .Monsieur?\\nFONTHICHOT. Hibi, Hibi, with an aex-ent on the first B.\\nROSALIE. (Writing- recei])!.) Received from Monsieur-\\nBibi, five thousand francs. Ib n* is the receipt.\\nFONTBICHOT. I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t want a rece ipt; you can keep the\\nevidence.\\nROSALIE. 1 will see that the lease is at once transferred\\nand made out in your name, .Monsif ur. I have the honor-\\n(Bowing;, exit Rosalie.)\\nPONTBICnod*. Well, she has the honor, and I have the\\nflat. AYell. hen* I am in Paradis( This is Paris life. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m\\nin the boudoir of an actress. Ah! tlu re is one of those ward\u00c2\u00ac\\nrobes I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve heard (Jresillon speak about. He said he\u00e2\u0080\u0099d hidden\\nin tlK in so often-(Openinjt door on R.) The batiiroom\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094very luxurious. I don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t see why I shouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t take a bath,.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve leased the apartment. Yes. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll pl unge.\\n(Exit into bathroom.)\\n(JRESILLON. (Enti i ing cautiously.) Cuckoo. She isn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t\\nhere. I dare say she\u00e2\u0080\u0099s gone out with Pontbichot to talk it\\nover. It was wrong of me to (piarrel with her. She has a\\nperfect right to do as she pleases, but as I have been her\\nguardian and a kind of father to her for so many years, I\\ndon\u00e2\u0080\u0099t wish her to receive visitors without consulting me.\\nAnd ])oor old Pontbichot,. lu^\u00e2\u0080\u0099d like to dive into the giddy", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "IN PARADIS I\u00e2\u0080\u0099].\\nIh\\nAvliirl of I\u00e2\u0080\u0099arisiaii dissipation, but ho doosn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t know bow. Ob.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099m so tired. (Closes bis eyes.)\\nrONTKlCHOT. (Entering from batln-oom in pajamas.)\\nI tboiigbt 1 beard voices.\\nC4KESILLON. Well, Em damned.\\nPONTBIOHOT. Wbat, you back again?\\nGRES ILLON. Wbat are you doing here?\\nPONTBIOHOT. Didn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t yon tell me to break it off?\\nGllESILLON. Yes, but not in that costume.\\nKAITIAEL. (Entering quickly.) I forgot my coat,\\nGKESIEEON. Kapbael!\\nRAPHAEL. Gresilloul He comes down ladween PONT-\\nBICHOT and GRESILLON.)\\nPONTBIOHOT. My son-in-law!\\nRAPHAEL. My fatber-in-law-tbat-is-to-be. in pajamas.\\nWbat are yon doing in that costnme?\\nPONTBIOHOT. I was breaking it off for Gresillon.\\nGRESILLON. Notbing of the sort. He wants to flirt\\nwith Olaire Tanpin.\\nRAPHAEL. I object to this, fatber-in-la w.\\nPONTBIOHOT. (Antboritatively.) Is it as my future\\nson-in-law that yon make these observations?\\nRAPHAEI.. Oertainly.\\nPONTBIOHOT. Generally a son-in-law is content in wor\u00c2\u00ac\\nrying bis motber-in-law, and yon propose to make the ex\u00c2\u00ac\\nperiment on vonr fatber-in-law.\\nRAPHAEL. Well?\\nPONTBIOHOT. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll take back my dangbtei-.\\nRAITIAEI.. And do you imagine for a moment I will\\ngive her np?\\nGRE^^ILLON. Never!\\nRAPHAEL. Yon want to remain and make love to\\nGresillon s ward?\\nPONTBIOHOT. No. Pm going to stay here to keep an\\neye on von.\\nRAPHAEL. If yon stay. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll stay here.\\nGRESILLON. Me, too.\\nPONTBIOHOT. Leave this room! I will not be insulted\\nin my own bouse!\\n(GRESILLON. Wbaf s that?\\nPONTBIOHOT. I tell you 1 have leased these apartments.\\nRAPHAEL. Y on are in pajamas. Pll be in pajamas.\\n(Puts on overalls or pajamas.)\\nGRESILLON. (Puts on pajamas.) !Me, too.\\nRAPHAEL. All that yon say to Claire Tanpin, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll sav.\\nGRESILLON. Me, too.\\nRAPHAEL. All that yon do. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll do, and wbat is more.\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll teU your wife.\\nPONTBIOHOT. (Going .toward bed.) I defy you. (He\\njumps iOn the bed.)", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "IN PARADISE.\\n19\\nGKESSILLON and RAPHAEL. (Regarding PONT-\\nBICHOT for a moment.) We\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll go, too. (Both jump in the\\nfolding bed.)\\nCLAIRE. (Entering and going to table, turning round and\\nsuddenly seeing them.) Great Heavens! What s all this?\\n(GRESILLON, RAPHAEL and PON\u00e2\u0080\u0099rBICHOT all\\ncome down together and begin to speak at once.)\\nPONTBICHOT. Tell them thej^ have no right to be here.\\nCLAIRE. (Trying not to laugh.) But, gentlemen, what\\nare you doing here?\\nRAPHAEL. Waiting for you.\\nCLAIRE. In that costume?\\nROSALIE. (Entering, quickly shrieks on seeing the three\\nmen.) Madame!\\nCLAIRE. What now?\\nRtJSALIE. There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a lady wants to speak to you\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMadam Pontbichot.\\n(Exit ROSALIE.)\\nPONTBICHOT. (Crying but.) My wife!\\nRAPHAEL. My mother-in-law!\\n(General scampering of the men to hide\u00e2\u0080\u0094GRESIL\u00c2\u00ac\\nLON in wardrobe, RAPHAEL behind bed, PONT-\\nEICHOT in bed. Enter ROSALIE, showing in\\nMADAM PONTBICHOT, who has a handbag.)\\nCLAIRE. (To ROSALIE, pointing to coats and hats on\\nsofa.) Take those things away.\\n(Exit ROSALIE with them.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Putting out his head.) I wonder what she\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\ncome here for?\\nMME. PONTBICHOT. (To CLAIRE.) Excuse me.\\nMadam, but I come to get some information about a young\\nman who lives on the tloor above.\\nCLAIRE. Monsieur Raphael Delacroix. Yes, I know him.\\nMME. PONTBICHOT. He wants to marry my daughter.\\nHas he any entanglements?\\nCLAIRE. Not one.\\nRAPHAEL. (Aside.) Noble Claire.\\nCLAIRE. (Furious.) Ten, twenty, thirty-\\nMME. PONTBICHOT. Horrible.\\nCLAIRE. There\u00e2\u0080\u0099s a regular procession on that staircase.\\nThat apartment is an asylum, and at night-\\nMME. PONTBICHOT. And th^y come also at night!\\n(Enter CHICO with hats.)\\nCHICO. To whom do these hats belong? (Madame Pont\u00c2\u00ac\\nbichot runs off.)\\nRAPHAEL. (Aside.) The devil!\\nCfllCO. I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll find them; where are they? (About to enter\\ndoor.)\\nCLAIRE. I forbid you to enter.", "height": "3607", "width": "2139", "jp2-path": "inparadisefarcei00vall_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "20\\nIN PARADISE.\\nCHICO. Let me pass, they\u00e2\u0080\u0099re there. (Pushes CLAIRE\\naside and enters room.)\\nCLAIRE. It\u00e2\u0080\u0099s the lion tamer\u00e2\u0080\u0094he\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll (RAPHAEL,\\nGRESILLON and PONTBICHOT appear again.)\\n(Enter MME. PONTBICHOT.)\\nMME. PONTBICHOT. I forgot my bag. (RAPHAEL\\npasses behind the bed, PONTBICHOT tries to climb up it and\\nGRESILLON under it, crash outside. CHICO breaks\\nthrough the door.)\\nCHICO. (Entering, whip in hand.) They\u00e2\u0080\u0099re not there.\\n(MADAME PONTBICHOT runs oft.)\\n(Folding bed closes with noise, imprisoning RAPH\u00c2\u00ac\\nAEL and GRESILLON. PONTBICHOT comes\\nforward. CHICO rushes to him and drags him\\ndown to front.)\\nCHICO. Who are you, and what are you doing there?\\nPONTBICHOT. I am-\\nROSALIE. Why, he\u00e2\u0080\u0099s one of the men who\u00e2\u0080\u0099s painting the\\nceiling, can\u00e2\u0080\u0099t you see that; look at his overalls?\\nCLAIRE. Of course, and there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s the ladder.\\nCHICO. Why, so it is! I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m sorry I made all this fuss.\\n(PONTBICHOT goes up stage.)\\nCLAIRE. My poor, bad tempered Chico. I shall have\\nto turn tamer and tame you.\\nCHICO. Well, Claire, when we\u00e2\u0080\u0099re married you\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll find an\\nimprovement in my temper, because I shall have no reason\\nto be jealous.\\nCLAIRE. 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