The Elevator by William Dean Howells
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MISS LAWTON, to young MR. BEMIS: "How it DOES creep!" YOUNG MR. BEMIS, looking down fondly at her: "Oh, does it?" MRS. CRASHAW: "Why, it doesn't go at all! It's stopped. Let us get out." They all rise. THE ELEVATOR BOY, pulling at the rope: "We're not there, yet." MRS. CRASHAW, with mingled trepidation and severity: "Not there? What are you stopping, then, for?" THE ELEVATOR BOY: "I don't know. It seems to be caught." MRS. CRASHAW: "Caught?" MISS LAWTON: "Oh, dear!" YOUNG MR. BEMIS: "Don't mind." MILLER: "Caught? Nonsense!" MRS. CURWEN: "WE'RE caught, I should say." She sinks back on the seat. THE ELEVATOR BOY: "Seemed to be going kind of funny all day!" He keeps tugging at the rope. MILLER, arresting the boy's efforts: "Well, hold on--stop! What are |
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