My Friend Isaac (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from My Friend Isaac A very neat, though not extravagantly furnished room, in the house of Mr. Pettigrew. - Door in flat (c). - Closet left of door. - Escritoire, with pens, ink, paper, and unfinished manuscript (L.). - Sofa (R.) - Table, with a few books and a bell (c). Chairs, &c, , about stage. - Mr. Pettigrew discovered writing at the escritoire. - Mrs. Pettigrew seated on sofa, sewing. - Mr. P. has on dressing-gown. Mrs. P. I can't imagine what keeps Nellie. She promised to be here at ten o'clock. (Looks at watch.) Why, it is now past eleven. Isaac, Isaac, my dear! Mr. P. (Correcting manuscript.) Six mistakes in one sentence. (Furiously blots out a line.) Mrs. P. Ah me! The poor fellow really doesn't hear me. Thank fortune, he has nearly completed his Economical Agriculturist, for he has neither allowed himself nor me to enjoy a good nights rest, since the moment that Quixotic idea which inspired him to be an author entered his dear, devoted head. Mr. P. (Angrily.) Cabbage begun with a K. The idea of a (Furiously blots out a word.) Mrs. P. During the day, he does nothing but scratch, scratch, scratch, and, when night comes on and we should be quietly asleep, lie torments me almost to death by descanting upon the merits of the few additional pages which have recently augmented his large compilation of receipts. Mr. P.(In better humor.) This page looks better. 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.