Ned. (much excited) My play!
Sir H. Yours! (beginning to understand)
Alma. (rises) Act the third. (turns to Susan) Prompter, you’d better call the heroine. (rises. Susan opens door, R.)
Ned. (rising) Go on!
Alma. One day she meets a certain actress——
Ned. You!
Alma. Who lives in the same house——
Dick. (rises; gets down, R.C.) Hallo! here’s something new.
Alma. Who knows her husband, and who tells the story. He stands aghast—his wife is at the door—they are about to meet—she only waits her cue. Her cue is her own name. Her name is—— (Susan signals to Lucy, R.C.)
Ned. Lucy! (rushes to meet her)