An Irish Invasion

Excerpt from An Irish Invasion: A Comedy in One Act Scene. - Mrs. McManus's parlor. A comfortable, rather showy, room furnished with sofa and chairs, R.C, a table and armchair I. C. Pictures on wall; sofa cushions; a book on table; at back a window with window-seat. Entrances C. and down L. and R. The curtain rises to discover Mrs. McM. sitting R. C, with a book in her hand. She is a good looking woman and is well dressed. She yawns and puts down the book. Enter Celeste, R., carrying several letters. Cel. Oh, madame, at last he has come, ze lettaire for which yon wait every day so long. Mrs. McM. What letter, Celeste? How do you know I look for any letter? Cel. Because I have seen madame watch and watch with ze so eager look in ze eye. Mrs. McM. Bring it here. (Cel. brings her letters.) Cel. Zis is ze lettaire from over ze big sea. And two leetle ones like the common kind. Mrs. McM. Is this all that came? Cel. Yes; but one for Mees Eileen, which I give her, and I look out ze corner of ze eye and I see her kees it - so. (Kisses hand rapturously.) Mrs. McM. You should have brought all the letters to me first. Now mind you do it next time. Go and tell Miss Eileen I want her at once. Cel. Yes, madame. Exit, L. (Mrs. McM. breaks seal of letter, tossing the others on sofa.) Mrs, McM. At last. I feel sure she will consint. Reads.) Yes, yes, I was right. 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.