_The cellar in Oldfield Road is at once workroom, shop, and
living-room. It is entered from the_ R. _corner by a door at the
top of a flight of some seven stairs. Its three windows are high
up at the back--not shop windows, but simply to give light. Each
window has on it "William Mossop, Practical Bootmaker," reversed
as seen from the inside and is illuminated dimly from outside by
a neighbouring street lamp.

A door_ L. _leads to the bedroom. Up stage_ L. _is a small
screen or partition whose purpose is to conceal the sink. A
shoemaker's bench, leather and tackle are against the wall_,
R., _above the fire-place. Below the door_, L., _is a small
dresser. Table_ R. C. _Seating accommodation consists solely
of the sofa and the two chairs taken from_ HOBSON'S, _now
repaired. The sofa is_ L. _of the table, the two chairs_ R.
_Crowded on the sofa are, in order, from down up,_ ALBERT,
ALICE, VICKEY, FRED.

_As the curtain rises, the four are standing, tea-cups in
hand, saying together "The Bride and Bridegroom." They drink and
sit. General laughter and conversation. On the chair down stage
is_ MAGGIE. _From the other chair_, C., _behind table_,
WILL _rises, nervously, and rushes his little speech like a child
who has learnt a lesson. The table has hot-house flowers (in a
basin) and the remains of a meal at which tea only has been drunk,
and the feast is represented by the sections of a large pork pie
and a small wedding cake. As_ WILL _rises_, ALBERT _hammers on the
table_.

ALICE _suppresses him_. WILLIE. It's a very great pleasure to