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Stein turned round with the chair, and in the same movement his spectacles seemed to get pushed up on his forehead. He welcomed me in his quiet and humorous voice. Only one corner of the vast room, the corner in which stood his writing-desk, was strongly lighted by a shaded reading-lamp, and the rest of the spacious apartment melted into shapeless gloom like a cavern.
In Herr Egge's place, I should have been inclined to have dropped my curtain upon Gar, with the light of the reading-lamp full upon him, in the act of opening the book, and then to have shown him, at the beginning of the second act, in exactly the same position. With more delicate art, perhaps, the author interposes a little domestic incident at the end of the first act, while leaving it clearly impressed on our minds that the reading of the poems is only postponed by a few minutes. That is the essential point: the actual moment upon which the curtain falls is of minor importance. What is of vast importance, on the other hand, is that the expectation of the audience should not be baffled, and that the curtain should rise upon the immediate sequel to the reading of the poems. This is, in the exact sense of the words, a scène
Tisdale did not say anything, but his rugged face worked a little, and he turned again to look out into the night. Foster moved nearer the reading-lamp and unfolded the document.
I knew he always read at that hour, and as I drew near I saw the light shining out into the passage from his reading-lamp. "May I come in, guardian?" "Surely, little woman. What's the matter?" "Nothing is the matter. I thought I would like to take this quiet time of saying a word to you about myself."
When she got herself in hand again, she got up, went away to wash her face, and coming back in the room again, lighted a reading-lamp and drew down the blinds. "Rose," he said presently, "what are we going to do?" She knew she was not answering the true intent of his question when she said: "Well, for one thing we can get a little supper.
Cairn led the way into the library, switching on the reading-lamp upon the large table. His son stood just within the doorway, his arms folded and his chin upon his breast. The doctor sat down at the table, watching the other. Suddenly Robert spoke: "Is it possible, sir, is it possible " his voice was barely audible "that her illness can in any way be due to the orchids?" Dr.
At once she went away, and quickly reappeared with a reading-lamp, which she placed on the square table in the middle of the room. 'Draw down the blind, Edwin. She was a slender girl, but not very tall; her shoulders seemed rather broad in proportion to her waist and the part of her figure below it.
And Dinky-Dunk had a bundle of surprises for me. The first was a bronze reading-lamp. The second was a soft little rug for the bedroom only an Axminster, but very acceptable. The third was a pair of Juliets, lined with fur, and oceans too big for me. And Dinky-Dunk says by Tuesday we'll have two milk-cows, part-Jersey, at the ranch, and inside of a week a crate of hens will be ours.
He rose, switched off the reading-lamp, and lifted the instrument. "That you, Rob?" "Yes, sir. All's well, thank God! Can I breakfast with you?" "Certainly, my boy!" Dr. Cairn glanced at his watch. "Why, upon my soul it's seven o'clock!" Sixteen hours had elapsed and London's clocks were booming eleven that night, when the uncanny drama entered upon its final stage. Once more Dr.
"It is just on five o'clock on Saturday evening, November 27," he began, "and growing dark outside. Mr. Parrish is sitting here" he tapped the chair "with all the lights in the room turned off except this one on the desk." Here he put a large hand on the reading-lamp. "The assumption that Mr.
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