Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 / 2008-06-17 00:00:00
EBOOK THE ALBANY DEPOT ***
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THE ALBANY DEPOT
A FARCE
BY
W. D. HOWELLS
NEW YORK
HARPER AND BROTHERS
1892
Copyright, 1891, by HARPER & BROTHERS
(THE ACTION PASSES IN BOSTON)
_MR. AND MRS. EDWARD ROBERTS; THE CHOREWOMAN_
Mrs. Roberts, with many proofs of an afternoon's shopping in her hands
and arms, appears at the door of the ladies' room, opening from the
public hall, and studies the interior with a searching gaze, which
develops a few suburban shoppers scattered over the settees, with
their bags and packages, and two or three old ladies in the
rocking-chairs. The Chorewoman is going about with a Saturday
afternoon pail and mop, and profiting by the disoccupation of the
place in the hour between the departures of two great expresses, to
wipe up the floor. She passes near the door where Mrs. Roberts is
standing, and Mrs. Roberts appeals to her in the anxiety which her
failure to detect the object of her search has awakened: "Oh, I was
just looking for my husband. He was to meet me here at ten minutes
past three; but there don't seem to _be _any gentlemen."
The Chorewoman: "Mem?"
Mrs. Roberts: "I was just looking for my husband.
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