The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

SCENE: One side of a sleeping-car on the Boston and Albany Road. The curtains are drawn before most of the berths; from the hooks and rods hang hats, bonnets, bags, bandboxes, umbrellas, and other travelling gear; on the floor are boots of both sexes, set out for THE PORTER to black. THE PORTER is making up the beds in the upper and lower berths adjoining the seats on which a young mother, slender and pretty, with a baby asleep on the seat beside her, and a stout old lady, sit confronting each otherMRS. AGNES ROBERTS and her aunt MARY. AUNT MARY. No, never, child; at least not since I had such a fright about it once, coming on from New York. Its all well enough to take down your back hair if it is yours; but if it isnt, your heads the best place for it. Now, as I buy mine of Madame Pierrot AUNT MARY. Then people might think it was for mattresses. But, as I was saying, I took it off that night, and tucked it safely away, as I supposed, in my pocket, and I slept sweetly till about midnight, when I happened to open my eyes, and saw something long and black crawl off my bed and slip under the berth. Such a shriek as I gave, my dear! A snake! a snake! oh, a snake! And everybody began talking at once, and some of the gentlemen swearing, and the porter came running with the poker to kill it; and all the while it was that ridiculous switch of mine, that had worked out of my pocket. And glad enough I was to grab it up before anybody saw it, and say I must have been dreaming. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 2506
Author: Howells, William Dean
Release Date: Feb 1, 2001
Format: eBook
Language: English