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Excerpt from Silas Marner: A Drama in Four Acts, Adapted From George Eliot's Novel
Scene I. A room in the Deacons home, plainly furnished. There is a fireplace, an old bureau with several drawers, an old table of the same sort, and other plain furniture. Seated about are two or three friends;. the Doctor is busy setting medicines in order. Enter First Visitor, R. First Visitor. How is the Deacon to-night? (Sits.) Doc. He is low, brother, very low. He cant be any worse and come out of it alive. But let us hope for the best. There! he moans again; I must look to my patient. (Peers into adjoining room; comes again to Visitors.) The man moans and groans more than is good for him. If you could assure him that the church money is safe, it would relieve his mind of a great weight. )Steps to bureau; locks drawer, but leaves key in place.) There, he need worry no longer. The money is safe. But who is to watch to-night, brothers? Second Visitor. I believe it is William Dane and Silas Marner. Third Visitor. The money could be in no safer hands. Doc. Aye, it is so. What a splendid example of friendship those two young men are! They are like unto brothers. Where one goes the other follows. They are like unto David and Jonathan. Third Visitor. Ha! here is Master William now! Enter William Dane, R. Doc. Good-evening, Brother William; how fares it with you? But where is your Brother Marner? How is it he is not with you? Will. Is he not here yet? He promised he would be here when the clock struck eight. But he has time yet. 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.
