Quentin Durward a Dramatic Adaptation of Sir Walter Scotts Novel in Three Act

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT TWO Scene. The road to Liege. At the right of the stage is an old inn, with a bench beneath the tree in front of it. At the rise of the curtain, the Innkeeper is found asleep on the bench, snoring loudly. He is stout and has a fat red face. He wears a huge white apron around his wide girth. In his right hand he has a huge platter, in his left a towel. On the bench beside him is a pile of dishes. At one side is a tub of water on a stool. From time to time he brushes away flies that disturb his slumber, first with the towel and then with the platter. Finally the situation becomes unbearable. He throws the platter down, smashing it into pieces, and slaps sharply at his face. The attempt is successful. Slowly withdrawing his hand from his face, he raises his slain tormentor aloft with a smile of satisfacti