Part 35 (1/2)

Father was going to get strict and keep me off the water tonight and just as I came down here to get my sweater I heard him coming to the coat room so I jumped behind the curtains and let him pa.s.s and then Joe and Ethel came in and I couldn't let them see me this way. And then somebody else came and then you came in--well, I got cold.

HE (_looking out_)

Run on now, Bob, the hall is clear.

[_Boy starts._

BOY

What was it you did, Sis?

SHE

I didn't do it.

BOY

Why didn't you do it?

SHE

I didn't do anything.

BOY

He said Joe squeezed your hand.

SHE

Absurd!

BOY

Well, I hope not, because he and Ethel got engaged in here too!

[_He and She look fondly at each other and He murmurs_, ”Genevieve” _as he reaches out for her_.

_The Boy begins to sing, ”Oh, Genevieve, Sweet Genevieve,” and they become aware of him, turning upon him and pursuing him with a warning cry of_ ”Bob.”

_The End_

JONATHAN MAKES A WISH

A PLAY IN THREE ACTS

CHARACTERS