Re-enter Daisy L. 2 E.; she stands near door.
Miss A. (sharply) Pete! (Pete trembles and seems frightened) Take him to his room, give him a hot foot bath, apply mustard plasters to both temples and back of his neck, drench him with strong soda water, wrap him in woolen blankets——
Deacon. (sinks to sofa with hopeless expression) Oh, Lord, kill me at once, and be done with it.
Wheeler. (folds arms) Triumph No. 2.
Deacon on sofa; Mrs. T. up C.; Miss A. R. 3 E.; Helen L. 2 E.; Daisy L. 2 E.; Wheeler R. 2 E.; Pete and Billy L. 1 E.
QUICK DROP.
[ACT III.]
Scene 1.—A street in 1st Grooves. Practicable door R., in flat. Soft music throughout scene. Time, night.
Enter Mrs. Darrah and Nellie, L. 1 E.