Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt [Their husbands, THE SQUIRE and THE RECTOR, come hastening along the verandah.] MAUD. [To THE RECTOR] Smell him, Bertie! [To THE SQUIRE] You might have that pond drained, Squire! [She takes HANNIBAL out, and ties him to the verandah. THE SQUIRE and RECTOR Come in. LADY ELLA is knocking on the door left.] HER VOICE. All right! I've bound him up! LADY ELLA. May I come in? HER VOICE. Just a second! I've got nothing on. [LADY ELLA recoils. THE SQUIRE and RECTOR make an involuntary movement of approach.] LADY ELLA. Oh! There you are! THE RECTOR. [Doubtfully] I was just going to wade in---- LADY ELLA. Hannibal would have killed him, if she hadn't rushed in! THE SQUIRE. Done him good, little beast! LADY ELLA. Why didn't you go in, Tommy?
