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Excerpt from The Relapse of William: A Comedy in One Act
Discovered: Mr. Harry Norwood, a gentleman approaching middle age, is seated alone at dining table which is cleared, with the exception of after dinner coffee. Mr. N orwood is smoking a cigar and turning over the pages of his evening paper. A short scene of business only to show that Harry is at home and that he is very comfortable.
Enter william: He is greatly agitated and unhappy. William is a small man of about sixty-five with a face which indicates one who has suffered greatly. He walks in a characteristic manner, which is almost furtive. There are to be gradations in the development of William's character; at first, we see in him only an old fool; then he wins our respect and at last we love him. William is to be garrulous and slightly deaf. All his mistakes are prompted by kindness of heart. He is entirely ignorant of the ways and moods of such women as Mrs. N orwood; to him, his master's bride is a strange and wonderful object of adoration, but she fails at first to under stand William.
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