Philip Grey (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Philip GreyScene I. - Near view of Haddington Castle. Lawn, with shade trees up and down R. and L. Garden seats L. C. Basket with grass and leaves down L. C. Time - a summer afternoon. Music. Abe discovered down R. C., raking lawn. Lucinda seated in garden seat, reading.Enter Maggie with box, R. I. E., and crosses to C.Luc. (looks up and calls). Mag-gie!Mag. (stop). Yis, mum. (crosses to L. C.)Luc. What have you there?Mag. A box, mum.Luc. (vexed). Indeed? Did you suppose for one moment I thought you had a cow under your arm? What have you in that box?Mag. (smiling). Indade. Oi have the most beautifulest bouquit o' flowers ye iver sit yer chue oyes on, fur the d'ar, young Lady Marion, bliss her purty oyes! If there were iver an angel on this woide 'arth, she's jist thot wahu. (raises outspread hand.)Luc. But from whom did you receive it, Maggie?Mag. Oh, it's from Bertie, the jude. (aside) Divil o' bit o' good it will do him, ahnyhow.Luc. Now, Maggie, you must not be disrespectful.Mag. But, Miss Lucindy, Oi think he's the mo-ost contimtiblist croquitte Oi iver sit mre chue oyes on, so there naowLuc. Here! here! Maggie, Mag-gie!Mag. Ye can "Maggie - Maggie" all ye want to, but Oi have me own r'asons fur it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.