The Ware Case ~ Paperback ~ George Pleydell

Excerpt from The Ware Case: A Play in Four Acts (Telephone is heard ringing. Rate, an elderly butler, enters up right and looks round. He then goes out through centre window and along terrace to left.) Gurney (outside). No, no, no; they're in the bushes on the left. (Gurney, a pleasant-looking young man of about twenty-eight, dressed in tennis flannels, enters from left of terrace through centre window, followed by Rate.) Shove it through here. (Rate goes out up right to hall.) (Speaking into the receiver on centre table) Hullo! Yes? You're speaking from London. Yes, this is Sir Hubert Ware's house. No, I'm his secretary - Mr. Gurney. Who is it speaking? - Mr. Stock - Oh, Mr. Ingleworth! Sir Hubert's stockbroker. Oh, yes. Well, can I give him your message? No, I couldn't possibly manage to come to-day. I'm sailing for Canada tomorrow. Yes, didn't you know? I'm after a job there. Yes, I do happen to know something about the matter. Serious, you say. (Looking round, and quietly) Are you there? Yes - yes - yes - and the total sum? (Frowning, he sits right of table.) Serious as that? Yes - er - couldn't it be carried over again to the next account? It must be met - that's final? Oh, Lord! Then you mean to say, Mr. Ingleworth, that this is the end of everything. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! It's got to be settled by Thursday. Well, you know it can't be. 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.