MASTER. [Calling from within] Carl Frederick, come in and have a game of chess!—Carl Frederick!
Curtain.
SECOND SCENE
Inside the dining-room. The brick stove appears at the centre of the rear wall. To the left of it there is a door leading into the pantry. Another door to the right of it leads to the hallway. At the left stands a buffet with a telephone on it. A piano and a tall clock stand at the right. There are doors in both side walls.
The MASTER is in the room, and LOUISE enters as the curtain rises.
MASTER. Where did my brother go?
LOUISE. [Alarmed] He was outside a moment ago. He can't be very far away.
MASTER. What a dreadful noise they are making up above! It is as if they were stepping on my head! Now they are pulling out bureau drawers as if they were were preparing for a journey—running away, perhaps.—If you only knew how to play chess, Louise!
LOUISE. I know a little——