CULLINGHAM go out Right. Most
of the TOURISTS turn and watch them go instead of looking at the
statue._
GUIDE. This is the Apollo Belvedere, discovered at the end of the
fifteenth century, some say in a Roman villa or farm-house near the
Grotter Terratter. Very fine specimen both as marble and man. This
statyer is calculated to make Sandow et cetery look like thirty cents.
Height seven feet, weight--
A MAN TOURIST. How much?
A GIRL TOURIST. Was he married?
[_Titters from the group._
GUIDE. Give it up! Should judge he was. The god once held a bow in his
left hand and probably a laurel wreath in his right.
ANOTHER WOMAN TOURIST. A what?
GUIDE. A laurel wreath. You want to take a good look at this, as it is a
very fine piece. Now come along, please--make haste; we must finish up
this place before feeding!
[_He leads the way out Right, and the TOURISTS follow, shuffling
along, without speaking, MRS. LOPP and CARRIE lagging in the rear._
[_AUSTIN enters Left, followed by RUTH._
AUSTIN. This is where I left her with Apollo! [_Calls._] Jinny! She
seems to have gone!
[_He looks behind the statue and out door, Right.
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