Phyllis monologue (Act 1) — Green Stockings: A Comedy in Three Acts

I will call her-- Wait a minute-- Perhaps she left it here. (_Warn electrician for lights out_. PHYLLIS _looks about on table and writing desk, then returns to table. She aimlessly rummages through pile of periodicals at foot of table, knocking them off on the floor. In replacing them, she comes across blue envelope, and in picking this up by one corner, the letters that_ CELIA _has put in it, including the "Smith" letter, fall to the floor. She goes to replace the letters, sees the "Smith" letter, and speaks_) Oh, here it is. (_Reads address_) Colonel John Smith, Somaliland. (_Crosses and gives letter to_ MARTIN _and he exits_ L.I. _She returns to table, places two of the magazines back on it, then the large blue envelope in which she has replaced other letters, and then the rest of the magazines on top of these. All this should be done quickly and unconsciously_, PHYLLIS _humming while she is doing it_.)