The Thirteenth Chair: A Play in Three Acts

by Bayard Veiller

STANDISH (down L.). Well, rather.

(CROSBY sits R. end of chesterfield.)

ROSALIE. Well, well, what do you think of that?

MISS EASTWOOD. You have to be near a table or something like that and——

ROSALIE. Maybe a chair or a desk would do?

MISS EASTWOOD. And then in the dark——

ROSALIE. But of course in the dark. And you get one rap for yes and two raps for no. (There is a short pause. ROSALIE rises, comes down C. and says:) Are those spirits near?

(All laugh.)

STANDISH. Oh, no, don't.

(One rap is heard from the back of the fireplace.)