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Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931

"The Great Adventure"


CARVE. (Collecting his wits.) Just so.
JANET. You may tell me that people who go to a matrimonial agency stand
a chance of getting let in. Well, people who don't go to a matrimonial
agency stand a chance of getting let in, too. Besides, I shouldn't give
a baby a razor for a birthday present, and I shouldn't advise a young
girl to go to a matrimonial agency. But I'm not a young girl. If it's a
question of the male sex, I may say that I've been there before. You
understand me?
CARVE. Quite.
JANET. Well, I think I told you pretty nearly everything important in my
letter. Didn't I?
CARVE. Let me see now----
JANET. I mean the one I sent to the office of the Matrimonial News.
CARVE. (Mechanically feeling in his pockets, pulling out papers and
putting them back.) Where did I put it? Oh, perhaps it's in the pocket
of another coat. (Goes to a coat of SHAWN'S hanging on inner knob of
double doors, and empties all the pockets, bringing the contents,
including a newspaper, to the table.


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