Excerpt from Three Plays As the curtain rises, Marian is discovered, seated in the armchair. She is a young woman of twenty seven. Although at one time beautiful, her body is now wasted by disease. The face is oval and of sallow complexion, save for a hectic flush on either cheek. The eyes are dark and unnaturally bright, the lips thin and compressed. Her black hair is parted in the middle, and hangs in two plaits over her thin shoulders. A few stray wisps curl limply on her forehead and neck, damp with the sweat of the consumptive. She wears an old red flannel kimono, a dark skirt, black cotton stockings, and red felt slippers with pompoms. Her sleeves are rolled back to the elbows, showing her wasted arms and the transparent hands are folded in her lap. She is leaning back against the cushions with her head on the pillow, her whole attitude being one of extreme exhaustion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.