“I was just going to say,” the half-frightened boy pleaded, between a cry and an injured whine, “he had his arm”--
“You boy,” thundered the father, “away to the wood-shed.”
And the boy made for the nearest exit, exclaiming as he went, “I was only a goin’ to say that Mr. Lighted had his army clothes on, and I’ll leave it to him if he didn’t.”[[4]]
TABLEAUX.
[1]. Dining-room scene. Father at right and mother at left end of dinner table; small boy and Angelica at side facing to audience; young man on opposite side, back to audience; servant in side rear, with glasses on tray.
[2]. Angelica’s hand is over the boy’s mouth, he evidently struggling to get away from it.
[3]. Tea pot upset, mother trying to reach the boy.
[4]. Boy disappearing through screen door at left rear, but half faces audience.