Mrs. Pampinelli. [Turning to her] Sit down, dear, I’ll get you some water. [Calling and beckoning out into the left hallway] Jenny dear! come here, please!
Hossefrosse. [Rushing across from the right to the left hallway] I think I’d better call Dr. Wentworth. [He snatches up the telephone and works the hook violently.]
Mrs. Pampinelli. Yes, I would. [She turns around to her left and stands looking questioningly at Mrs. Ritter.] Go on with your lines, Paula.
Mrs. Ritter. Well, is he dead, Betty?
Mrs. Pampinelli. [With a definite little gesture of her right hand] Never mind! [The curtain commences to descend, and she sweeps forward.] We will go right on from where Mr. Ritter fell downstairs.
THE CURTAIN IS DOWN
As it Rises Again for the Picture
Hossefrosse. [At the telephone] Landsdowne 8, please,—right away! [Spindler rushes in from the left hallway carrying a glass of water, and followed immediately by Jenny. Twiller is ministering to Ritter. Mrs. Pampinelli is standing in the middle of the room, facing the center-door, and holding up both her hands, as a signal to the various artists that the rehearsal is about to be resumed; so they quickly step to the various positions in which they respectively were when Mr. Ritter fell.]
Mrs. Ritter. [Addressing Teddy] Yes, I know he was. I s’pose I’d better leave a note for him.
END OF THE ACT