“Now, Figger, listen: when I give the word, you come over here and get this tray with the glasses and the wine bottle and bring it in and set it on the table between Lalla and Sudds. Then retire. Get me?”
“Yes, suh. I fotch it in an’ git out!”
“Sudds, you register love, infatuation—aw, I said that before! Lalla, you register maiden modesty, timidity, growing love. Now, Skeeter Butts, when I give the word you enter, walk up to the table where Sudds and Lalla are sitting, register jealousy, anger, desire for revenge; then catch Sour Sudds by the shoulder, lift him out of the chair, and take the seat yourself. Sudds, you walk off. Lalla, you look after him and register love.”
The actors moved to their places and Rouke gave the command:
“Now—ready—rehearse!”
The rehearsal was perfect. Rouke and Pellet were delighted.
“Now we are ready to take the picture!” Rouke exclaimed. “All of you act just like you did before!”
Then he gave the command which in the moving picture world starts the camera crank to turning:
“Ready—Action—Go!”
Thereupon, Reverend Vinegar Atts walked out and sat down on the table between Lalla and Sudds.