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_and her daughters. It is a dark wainscoted room, with curtains of
crimson brocade. It is decorated with laurel roping, mistletoe, and
holly, for Christmas. It is the end of a successful dinner party,
fourteen happy and more or less congenial persons being seated at a
table, as follows:_ WARDEN, RUTH, MASON, CLARA, TROTTER, MRS. HUNTER,
BLANCHE, STERLING, MISS SILLERTON, MR. GODESBY, JESSICA, DOCTOR
STEINHART, _and_ MISS GODESBY. _The room is dark on all sides, only a
subdued light being shed on the table by two large, full candelabra with
red shaded candles. As the curtain rises the bare backs of the three
women nearest the footlights gleam out white. Candied fruit and other
sweetmeats are being passed by four men servants, including_ JORDAN
_and_ LEONARD.
RUTH. My dear Blanche, what delicious candy!
MISS SILLERTON. Isn't it!
MISS GODESBY. Half of the candy offered one nowadays seems made of
_papier-mache_.
MRS. HUNTER. [_To_ MISS GODESBY.] Julia, do tell me how Mr. Tomlins
takes his wife's divorce?
MISS GODESBY. He takes it with a grain of salt!
MRS. HUNTER. But isn't he going to bring a counter suit?
STERLING. No.
RUTH. I hope not. I am an old-fashioned woman and don't believe in
divorce!
MISS GODESBY.
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