The Thirteenth Chair: A Play in Three Acts

by Bayard Veiller

HELEN. Before.

DONOHUE. Go on. He gave you the letters?

HELEN (seated in front of table R.). Yes. And he seemed terribly unhappy. He begged me to stay and talk to him for a few minutes, and I did. He asked me to have some tea with him, and I did that too.

DONOHUE. How charming! What did you do after tea?

(ROSALIE is at the back of the chair in the front of the table.)

HELEN. I came home and gave Helen her letters.

DONOHUE. And that's all?

HELEN. That's all.

DONOHUE. Why did you do this?

HELEN. She's Billy's sister.