ACT II
[The stage of a big theater, somewhat in disorder after the previous night’s performance. Properties, scenery, rolled drops and lighting apparatus are left about the stage. In the front is a theatrical throne on a dais.]
Scrubwoman
[Pausing in her work]
I tell you that was glory. Did you see the flowers?
Mechanic
I should say I did.
Scrubwoman
As long as I’ve lived I never seen such glories. The people yelled. I thought they’d tear down the theater. And Marty had to go about fifty times to bow. The people wouldn’t stop. Just as if they was crazy.
Mechanic
Listen. She must have a lot of money.
Scrubwoman
I should say so, Kudrana. Only think of the money them flowers cost. Look! Look! [She points to a heap of flowers carelessly tossed into a corner] There’s another heap. She couldn’t take them all away with her.
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