Night Must Fall : a Play in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams
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_keeping time skittishly with her hands. He turns off the gramophone
and looks over_ OLIVIA'S _shoulder at what she is writing._ DAN (_singing_): "Their home addresses ... and their caresses ... linger in my memory of ... those beautiful dames" ... (_His hand to his forehead_) That's me! OLIVIA _looks at him coldly and continues her notes._ MRS. BRAMSON: It won't come out.... DAN _shrugs his shoulders, stands behind_ MRS. BRAMSON'S _chair, and studies her play._ OLIVIA _follows his example from her side._ OLIVIA (_pointing to two cards_): Look. MRS. BRAMSON (_infuriated_): I saw that! Leave me alone, and don't interfere. _A pause._ DAN _makes a quick movement and puts one card on another. (Pleased and interested, quite unconscious to the difference in her attitude_) Oh, yes, dear, of course.... OLIVIA (_as_ MRS. BRAMSON _makes a move_): No, that's a spade. MRS. BRAMSON (_sharply_): No such thing; it's a club. It's got a |
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