The Elevator by William Dean Howells
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page 34 of 48 (70%)
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ROBERTS: "What! Are YOU there?"
MRS. CURWEN: "Here? I've been here all my life!" ROBERTS: "Ha! ha! ha! That's right. We'll soon have you out. Keep up your spirits." MRS. CURWEN: "But I'm NOT keeping them up." MISS LAWTON: "Tell papa I'm here too." ROBERTS: "What! You too, Miss Lawton?" MRS. CRASHAW: "Yes, and young Mr. Bemis. Didn't I TELL you we were all here?" ROBERTS: "I couldn't realize it. Well, wait a moment." MRS. CURWEN: "Oh, you can trust us to wait." ROBERTS, returning with DR. LAWTON, and MR. BEMIS, who join him in stooping around the grated door of the shaft: "They're just under here in the well of the elevator, midway between the two stories." LAWTON: "Ha! ha! ha! You don't say so." BEMIS: "Bless my heart! What are they doing there?" MILLER: "We're not doing anything." |
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