Page:Icebound.pdf/55

] ''dow at left. A wall cupboard on the wall right of the doors to the dining room. An old sofa down left, two chairs at right. When the door at left, in vestibule, is opened, one may see a path up to the door, between two walls of snow''.

''Discovered: Ella sits right at sewing machine, hemming some rough towels. Orin and Nettie are by fireplace. Sadie sits right of center. Sadie and Orin are dressed for outdoors. Nettie’s coat, hat and overshoes are on a hat-rack by door at left. Orin, as the curtain goes up, is putting a log on the fire''.

(acidly to Ella)

Why should n’t he put wood on the fire if he wants to?

(at sewing machine)

Because it ain’t your wood.

No, it ’s hers! Everything is hers!

And maybe she just don’t know it.

(at fireplace)

Ah! (She bends closer to the fire as the log blazes up) I do love a good fire! Oh it ’s nice to be warm!

There ’s somethin’ sensual about it.

Mother told me that the next time you started talkin’ indecent I was to leave the room.

Tell your mother I don’t wonder she ’s sort of worried about you. I ’d be if you was my daughter.