Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE :X GREAT ADVENT-ORE ACT I ,..., Scene i "'"." Front room on ground floor at 126 Redcliffe Gardens. An apartment furnished richly but in an old-fashioned way. Fine pictures. Large furniture. Sofa near centre. General air of neglect and dustiness. Carpet half- laid. Trunks and bags lying about in corners, some opened. Men's wearing apparel exposed. Mantelpiece, R., in disorder. At back double doors (ajar) leading to another room. Door, L., leading to hall and front door. TIME.—Evening in August. Albert Shawn is reclining on the sofa, fully dressed, but obviously ill: an overcoat has been drawn over his legs. A conspicuous object is a magnificent light purple dressing- gown thrown across a chair. Door bangs off. Enter I Lam Carve in his shirt sleeves, hurriedly. SHAWN feebly tries to get up. Carve. Now, donlt.niove. Remember you're a sick man, and forget you're a servant. (shawn 'shivers. Carve, about to put on-Ms-dressing-gown, changes his wind, . an'd'wraps it round SHAWN as well as '. 'he can. CARVE then puts on an oldish .-. "; coat.) " . SiiAWN. (Feebly?) You've been very quick, .-.' sir. Carve. I found a red lamp only three doors off. He'll be along in half a minute. Shawn. Did you explain what it was, sir? Carve. (Genially.) How could I explain what it was, you fool, when I don't know ? I simply asked to see the doctor, and I told him there was a fellow-creature suffering at No. 126, and would he come at once. " 126 ? " he said, " 126 has been shut up for years." SHAWN. (Trying to smile) What did you say, sir? CARVE. I said (articulating with clearness) a hundred and twenty-six—and ran off. Then he yelled out after me that he'd come instantly. ... I say, Shawn, we're discovered. I could tell that from his su...