The Guest Retainer

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Excerpt from The Guest Retainer: A Farce in Three Acts Scene. - Lobby of Hotel Jerskeet, morning of July 75. Hotel desk L.Telephone, register, account book, and large number of bills on desk. House telephone and mail rack on wall behind desk. Divan R. C. Chairs scattered around. Furnishings not very elegant or complete. Entrances C. by wide arched doorway, R. from veranda, and L., just above desk, by door marked "Private." Tell discovered on stool behind desk, fluttering bills. Telephone rings. Tell (savagely). Hello!... What?... No! (Slams up receiver and turns to bills again.) What's the use of living! (Crumples up bills and stuffs them into drawer. Opens account book and pores over it. Verne heard off C. whistling "In the Good Old Summertime.") Enter Verne, C. Verne (casually). How they coming this morning, Harry? Tell (glaring at him). Don't talk to me, I'm about crazy. Verne. What's on your mind - anything special? Tell. Ye gods! Have you no sense of responsibility whatever? You've been wandering around here long enough doing nothing but ask "Whats worrying you?" If you don't give a darn about yourself, think of the mess that you have gotten me into. 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.