The Unknown; A Play in Three Acts

by W. Somerset Maugham

Mrs. Littlewood.

[Who has been watching the scene with some amusement.] Why don’t you have a game of piquet with me, Colonel?

Colonel Wharton.

I haven’t played piquet for years. I will with pleasure. Where are the cards, Evelyn?

Mrs. Wharton.

I’ll get them for you.

[She gets cards from a drawer, and puts them on the card table. The Colonel sits down at the table and sorts the piquet cards out of the pack.

Vicar.

I called on you on Monday, Mrs. Littlewood.

Mrs. Littlewood.