Quinneys (e-book) (used book) | Horace Annesley Vachell | bookbook.eu

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Excerpt from Quinneys': A Comedy in Four Acts

Posy enters R. She wears a white pinafore over a smart tailor - made coat and skirt. She is about nineteen, a pretty, graceful girl, very intelligent and quick-witted. In speech she is inclined to be slangy, but she speaks with an accent which indicates a first-class education. She carries in her hands a small bowl holding polish, and a soft duster. She places the bowl and duster upon the desk, and looks round. From the bosom of her blouse she takes a letter. Then she runs to the door, glances into the hall, shuts the door, and goes to the cabinet, opens the cabinet, slips letter into middle drawer, and then locks cabinet. She extracts the key from the lock, and with a smile pops it into the mirror-black bottle. Having accomplished all this to her entire satisfaction, she laughs softly. Once more she approaches the door and listens. Hearing nothing, she runs to the speaking-tube and whistles down it.

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