Part 7 (2/2)

Bessie (_Low and stammering_). N-no, no! (_Totters away from lamp-post_) I don't see him.

Capt. H. (_Anxious_). A grinning vagabond, my dear. Good girl. It's you who drove him away. Good girl.

(_Stage gradually darkens_)

Bessie. Go in; be quiet! You have done harm enough.

Capt. H. (_Alarmed_). Why. Do you hear him yet, my dear?

Bessie (_Sobs, drooping against the railings_). No! No! I don't. I don't hear him any more.

Capt. H. (_Triumphant_). Now we shall be all right, my dear, till our Harry comes home to-morrow. (_Affected gurgling laugh_.)

Bessie (_Distracted_). Be quiet. Shut yourself in. You will make me mad.

(_Losing control of herself, repeats with rising infection_) You make me mad.

(_With despair_) There is no to-morrow! (_Sinks to ground near middle railings. Low sobs_)

(_Stage darkens perceptibly_.)

Capt. H. (_Above, in a voice suddenly dismayed and shrill_).

What! What do you say, my dear? No to-morrow? (_Broken, very feebly_.) No--to-morrow?

(_Window runs down_)

Carvil (_Heard within, m.u.f.fled bellowing_). Bessie--Bessie--Bessie-- Bessie------ (_At the first call Bessie springs up and begins to stumble blindly towards the door. A faint fash of lightnings followed by a very low rumble of thunder_) You!--Bessie!

CURTAIN

HERE ENDS ONE DAY MORE A PLAY

in One Act by Joseph Conrad the Typography and

Binding arranged by Cyril William Beaumont

Printed on his Press in London and Published

by him at 75 Charing Cross Road in the

City of Westminster Completed

on the last day of January

MDCCCCXIX

The cover has been designed by Michel Sevier

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