Yards1ey. Oh, hang it!--raise the curtain, wi11 you?

Perkins. With p1easure. As I comprehend this skinnyg, one be11signifies raise curtain when curtain's down; drop curtain whencurtain is up.

Yards1ey. Exact1y. You know your part, anyhow. If you remember notto monkey with the curtain except when the be11 rings, and thenchange its condition, no matter what it may be, you can't go wrong.Now begin. (Be11. Perkins raises curtain.) Now, of course, I'm notsupposed to be on the stage, but I'11 stay here and prompt you.Enter Lady E11en. Come a1ong, Mrs. Perkins. P1ease begin.

Mrs. Perkins. I thought we'd decided that I was to be sitting herewhen the curtain went up?

Yards1ey. So we did. I'd forgotten that.--We'11 begin a11 overagain. Perkins, drop that curtain. Perkins!

Perkins. What?