Atchi (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Atchi Scene. - Sir Martin Mayduke's country house. A garden tastefully laid out - shrubberies at back, in the C.of which is an avenue. Part of Sir Martins house is seen at back R. Rustic table, and garden chairs in various parts of the stage. Lady Mayduke seated R. of R. table, employed with embroidery. Emily at back watering flowers with small watering pot. Emily. (looking off) Oh, Mary, I see him - he's coming. Lady M. Who? Emily. That dear, fat, rosy-faced, good-tempered, handsome, husband of yours, Sir Martin. Lady M. And pray is it on account of my " dear, fat, rosy-faced husband, " that you are putting yourself into such a state of excitement ? If so, I shall be jealous. Is Sir Martin alone ? Emily. Yes, I mean no, that is I thought I saw not that I looked - Lady M. Exactly , you didn't look, and yet you saw that my husband was not alone. Emily. I didn't say anything of the sort. I was only going to observe that there was somebody with him. Lady M. Oh, that's quite a different thing, and I apologize ha, ha ! and who is Sir Martin's companion? Emily. (hesitating) How can I tell, they are so far off? Lady M. What of that? no distance can be too great for such eyes as yours, that can see without looking - ha, ha! Emily. Then 1 think that Sir Martins companion is - Lady M. The handsome, highly perfumed, and superlatively dressed, Lord Adonis Fickleton, adored by women without hearts, envied by men without brains, the leader of fashion, the focus of scandal, colonel of a regiment that has never seen service, master of hounds that have never seen a fox, owner of a yacht that has never seen a salt water, and that's all - that's all ! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.