Page:The worsted man; a musical play for amateurs, by John Kendrick Bangs.djvu/43

 The Worsted Man BABETTE AND MARIANNA (Aside.) We have prayed to the kindly fates, Who guard us with kindly eye, And on what the prospectus states, We fear we must now rely. [Stage goes wholly dark. VOICES (From all points of the compass.) Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! There is a roll of thunder, a flash of lightning, and stage becomes brilliant again. The young ladies stand back somewhat awed, IM PATIENCE slightly to the fore, gazing in rapt astonishment at the worsted doll, which, sitting in the chair, has suddenly come to life. THE DOLL (Blinking his eyes and gazing about him in amazement.) 3 25