Mrs. Loring. Act 1, Old lady’s suit. Act 2, Same as in Act 1, with the addition of cap and spectacles.
Dilly (aged 13). Act 1, Short dress, curls, &c. Act 2, Young lady’s modern dress.
Lucy (aged 16). Act 1, Dress neat and pretty. Act 2, Young lady’s modern dress.
Act 1.
Scene.—Parlor in the house of Dr. Harlem. Table, L., with chair R. of it; arm-chair, L. C.; small table with chair, R.; Lucy, R., sewing; Mrs. Loring seated in arm-chair, reading.
Mrs. L. Lucy, my child, how very quiet you are!
Lucy. Indeed, Aunt Loring, I cannot help it. You know to-day is the very last of the term. School closed; all the pupils gone except Fred Hastings and Bob Winders, and they leave us to-day: the thought of the quiet humdrum life we are to lead for the next two months makes me feel very sad.
Mrs. L. The change will be a relief to all of us. Think of your father: he needs the rest which the close of the term will bring.
Lucy. I do think of him; and for his sake I am glad. But still we lose many friends in the young gentlemen who have left us. I’m sure we shall miss them.