)
Capt. H. (_Goes on chuckling; speaks cautiously_). Is he gone yet, that
information fellow? Do you see him anywhere, my dear?
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, muffled 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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