The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces. Bangs John Kendrick
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Название: The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces
Автор: Bangs John Kendrick
Издательство: Public Domain
Жанр: Драматургия
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Barlow. No—but—a fireplace without fire in it seems sort of—of bald, don’t you think?
Yardsley. Bald? Splendid word applied to a fireplace. So few fireplaces have hair.
Mrs. Bradley. Oh, it could be covered up without any trouble, Bessie. Can’t we have those dining-room portières to hang in front of it?
Yardsley. Just the thing. Dining-room portières always look well, whether they’re in a conservatory or a street scene. (Enter Perkins.) Hello, Thaddeus! How d’ y’? Got your overalls on?
Perkins (trying to appear serene). Yes. I’m ready for anything. Anything I can do?
Bradley. Yes—look pleasant. You look as if you were going to have your picture taken, or a tooth pulled. Haven’t you a smile you don’t need that you can give us? This isn’t a funeral.
Perkins (assuming a grin). How’ll that do?
Barlow. First-rate. We’ll have to make you act next. That’s the most villanous grin I ever saw.
Yardsley. I’ll write a tragedy to go with it. But I say, Thad, we want those dining-room portières of yours. Get ’em down for us, will you?
Perkins. Dining-room portières! What for?
Mrs. Perkins. They all think the fireplace would better be hid, Thaddeus, dear. It wouldn’t look well in a conservatory.
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