TIME: An evening in May.
PLACE: New York.
When the curtain rises, Mrs. Ebbsmith (a brunette with an uncanny likeness to Mrs. Patrick Campbell), is discovered in Charteris’ arms.
MRS. E.
(in passionate ecstasy)
O!
CHARTERIS
(ditto)
O!
(Zachery Ebbsmith duly appears in doorway at R. 2. The lovers cannot see him as their backs are turned)