![]() Fortune presents her a second chance in the form of an impoverished doctor-in fact, a prince in disguise who has elected to work among the needy. Deserted by him and nearly everybody else, bed-bound in a garret, she discovers in herself a sense of humor. ![]() The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended. At some moments chilling, at others desperately sad, the play told a tale of the heart whose message, conveyed in a rhyming prologue, was that love which did not build a foundation on good sense was doomed. There would be time for only one day of rehearsal before her brother arrived. ![]() ![]() When the preparations were complete, she had nothing to do but contemplate her finished draft and wait for the appearance of her cousins from the distant north. T HE PLAY-for which Briony had designed the posters, programs and tickets, constructed the sales booth out of a folding screen tipped on its side, and lined the collection box in red crêpe paper-was written by her in a two-day tempest of composition, causing her to miss a breakfast and a lunch. ![]()
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