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_DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
FARMER DOBSON.
Mr. PHILIP EDGAR (_afterwards_ Mr. HAROLD).
FARMER STEER (DORA _and_ EVA'S _Father_).
Mr. WILSON (_a Schoolmaster_).
HIGGINS |
JAMES |
DAN SMITH | _Farm Labourers_.
JACKSON |
ALLEN |
DORA STEER.
EVA STEER.
SALLY ALLEN |
MILLY | _Farm Servants_.
_Farm Servants, Labourers, etc_.
THE PROMISE OF MAY
ACT I.
SCENE.--_Before Farmhouse_.
Farming Men and Women. Farming Men carrying forms, &c., Women carrying
baskets of knives and forks, &c.
1ST FARMING MAN.
Be thou a-gawin' to the long barn?
2ND FARMING MAN.
Ay, to be sewer! Be thou?
1ST FARMING MAN.
Why, o' coorse, fur it be the owd man's birthdaaey. He be heighty this
very daaey, and 'e telled all on us to be i' the long barn by one
o'clock, fur he'll gie us a big dinner, and haaefe th' parish'll be
theer, an' Miss Dora, an' Miss Eva, an' all!
2ND FARMING MAN.
Miss Dora be coomed back, then?
1ST FARMING MAN.
Ay, haaefe an hour ago. She be in theer, now. (_Pointing to house_.)
Owd Steer wur afeaerd she wouldn't be back i' time to keep his
birthdaaey, and he wur in a tew about it all the murnin'; and he sent
me wi' the gig to Littlechester to fetch 'er; and 'er an' the owd man
they fell a kissin' o' one another like two sweet-'arts i' the poorch
as soon as he clapt eyes of 'er.
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