Miss Civilization by Richard Harding Davis
page 38 of 41 (92%)
page 38 of 41 (92%)
|
(The burglars rise and move toward her menacingly.)
Please, please keep quiet. For God's sake, don't--let--her--know! VOICE: Alice, what's wrong? Who are you talking to? (ALICE runs to the curtains, with one hand held out to the burglars, entreating silence.) ALICE: I'm--I'm talking to James, the coachman. One of the horses is ill. Don't come down, mother. Don't come down. Go back to bed. He's going now, right away. He came for some medicine. It's all right. Good night, mother. VOICE: Can't I help? ALICE: (Vehemently) No, no. Good night, mother. VOICE: Good night. HATCH: (fiercely, to HARRY) That's enough of this! We can't leave here with the whole house awake. And there's a coachman, too. She'll wake him next. He'll have the whole damned village after us. |
|