The Truth About Jane

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Excerpt from The Truth About Jane: A Comedy in One Act Scene. - Sitting-room at Mrs. Wilming's. A sofa and two chairs at R., table and armchair at l. Entrances at c. and down L. {At rise of curtain, Isabel, Agnes and Cornelia are discovered sitting in a semicircle, all engaged in sewing.) Agnes. I wonder why mother is so worried. Cornelia. Oh, don't you know? She's just had a letter. Agnes. A letter! From whom? Cor. (mysteriously). I don't know, but I think it's about Jane. Isabel. About Jane! Why, what's she been doing now? Cor. Who can tell? Oh, here is mother. We'll ask her. Enter at L., Mrs. W. She carries a letter. Mrs. Wilming. Oh, girls, what do you think? {All jump tip.) Agnes. Something exciting is going to happen. I know it. {She dances about.) Mrs. W. I'm so worried. I've had a letter from your Aunt Jane. She's coming to-day. (Sits at L.) Isa. Is that all? (All sit do7un.) Mrs. W. All! You don't understand. She may be here at any moment. What am I to do? Cor. Why are you so frightened of Aunt Jane? Mrs. W. Not exactly frightened, dear. But I forget, you don't know your Aunt Jane. Cor. Yes, I remember her. She stayed with us once when I was very little. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.