He puts it on her finger. He draws her toward him. She resists. The candle is knocked over, and all is darkness.
ASENATH. (in the darkness, faintly) Joseph! Joseph!
THE ANGEL INTRUDES
A COMEDY
To GEORGE CRAM COOK
"The Angel Intrudes" was first produced by the Provincetown Players, New York City, in 1917, with the following cast:
The Policeman…… Abram Gillette
The Angel………. James Light
Jimmy Pendleton…. Justus Sheffield
Annabelle………. Edna St. Vincent Millay
_Washington Square by moonlight. A stream of Greenwich Villagers hurrying across to the Brevoort before the doors are locked. In their wake a sleepy policeman.
The policeman stops suddenly on seeing an Angel with shining garments and great white wings, who has just appeared out of nowhere_.
THE POLICEMAN. Hey, you!