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CRAIG’S WIFE
Mrs. Craig
- I am not interested in what anybody asked you; that does not excuse you. (Mazie takes a handkerchief from the pocket of her apron and touches it to her eyes) I have told you over and over again never to put anything back of those ornaments; and you deliberately disobey me. You simply will not do as you are told. And when a girl will not do as she is told, the best thing for her to do is to go some place where she will be made to do it. So I want you to get your things together to-night and leave this house to-morrow morning. (Mazie looks at her, then turns away to leave the room) Here’s the card. And find some place for it besides back of an ornament. (Mazie takes the card and withdraws) And tell Mrs. Harold to put up the dinner, I’ll be down in two minutes; (She starts for the stairs) I’m going up to see what my niece wants for her dinner. (She goes up the stairs haughtily. Halfway up she turns, but without stopping, and addresses Craig coldly) You’d better go out there and get your dinner, before it’s cold.
- [She disappears at the head of the stairs, and Craig stands looking at the floor. His eyes wander up the stairs after her, and then down the right side of the room. They settle upon the ornament on the mantelpiece, and he looks at it hard; then crosses slowly and picks it up. He holds a in his hand, looking at it curiously: then suddenly lifts it in the air and smashes it on the bricks in front of the mantelpiece. He stands looking at the shattered pieces for a moment; then takes a cigarette from his case and strolls back across the room towards the piano. He taps the cigarette on the case, then takes out a match and lights it, tossing the burned match on to the floor. Then he
