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The Harlequinade - An Excursion by Harley Granville-Barker;Dion Clayton Calthrop
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But Harlequin rises and waves his wand and strikes on the table, and
breakfast appears. Clown, in a panic, turns to his basket. But, behold,
that is empty now.

Then they have breakfast. And Clown gets a lot and Pantaloon very little.
Gelsomino hasn't come to the table at all, so Columbine goes to fetch him.
But he isn't hungry, he won't come. And, turning, disappointed, she sees
the Man of the World lifting, not his glass to toast her, but the rose.
Harlequin sees, too. And he rises to wave his wand again. Gelsomino starts
to move away.

He's getting so cross. And he says ... "Do, for Heaven's sake, let me read
in peace." You know!

[But, with a flash of his wand, Harlequin strikes the book.

There! He has magicked the book all empty.

[And, sure enough, we see Gelsomino turn the empty pages in despair. It
is the simplest of tricks. Then Harlequin points to where the Man of
the World woos Columbine with those eyes of his, those greedy eyes. But
Gelsomino will not see.

He's out of temper now, so he pretends he doesn't care.

[Harlequin points to the rose that Gelsomino so lightly let fall. The
Man of the World is pressing it to his lips.

He points to the rose because that's a--that's a...! Oh, what's the word,
Uncle?
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