EDGAR. No, I don’t think I’m a fool.

TIMBRELL. Neither am I.

EDGAR. But what is it? What’s been going on?

[The Curtain falls.]

TURNBULL AND SPEARS, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH

[Transcriber’s Note]

This transcription is based on scans of a copy made available by the California State University East Bay Libraries. These images have been posted with the Internet Archive at:

[archive.org/details/ MonkhouseMaryBroome]

In general, the grammar and spelling in the source text have not been changed. For example, variant spellings (such as “disagraceful” and “truculantly”) and spellings used to suggest an accent (such as “druv” and “perfession”) have been retained. A few changes were made for the sake of consistency.

The following changes were noted: