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BY W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
EAST OF SUEZ THE CIRCLE THE EXPLORER MRS. DOT A MAN OF HONOUR PENELOPE JACK STRAW LADY FREDERICK THE TENTH MAN LANDED GENTRY THE UNKNOWN SMITH
ON A CHINESE SCREEN THE LAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
EAST OF SUEZ
A PLAY IN SEVEN SCENES
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
EAST OF SUEZ.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
DAISY GEORGE CONWAY HENRY ANDERSON HAROLD KNOX LEE TAI CHENG SYLVIA KNOX AMAH WU
SCENES
SCENE PAGE
I A STREET IN PEKING 11
II A SMALL VERANDAH ON AN UPPER STOREY OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY'S PREMISES 17
V THE COURTYARD IN THE ANDERSONS' PART OF THE TEMPLE 81
VI A SMALL ROOM IN A CHINESE HOUSE IN PEKING 101
SCENE I
EAST OF SUEZ
SCENE I
END OF SCENE I
SCENE II
WU. Ye.
WU. My no sabe.
HARRY. Hulloa, Harold, you seem to be taking it easy.
HARRY. I thought you had your beauty sleep before midnight.
HARRY. Are you going on the loose again to-night?
HARRY. You were blind last night.
HARRY. What does she want, Wu?
AMAH. My Missy have pay my letter.
HARRY. Are you Mrs. Rathbone's amah? Have you got a letter for me?
AMAH. My belong Missy Rathbone amah.
HARRY. Well, hurry up, don't be all night about it. Lend me a dollar, Harold. I want to give it to the old girl.
Do it now, dear boy. That is a precept a business man should never forget.
HARRY. I dote on your company, but I feel that I mustn't be selfish.
HARRY. A little bilious, I dare say. Half a dozen hard sets are just what you want.
HARRY. Your coat.
Shut up, Harold.
A friend of mine.
GEORGE. I think so.
GEORGE. I don't know that an Assistant Chinese Secretary is such a blood as all that.
GEORGE. Yes, I only got back this morning.
GEORGE. Yes, poor chap.
HARRY. Why?
HARRY. What of it? I believe she's a very pretty girl.
GEORGE. I don't think it was a very wise thing to do.
HARRY. I should have thought all those prejudices were out of date. Why shouldn't a man marry a half-caste if he wants to?
HARRY. You wait till Freddy's number one in Hankow and can entertain. I bet the white ladies will be glad enough to know his missus then.
GEORGE. Yes, but that's just it. He'll never get a good job with a Eurasian wife.
HARRY. He's in Jardine's, isn't he? Do you mean to say it's going to handicap a man in a shipping firm because he's married a woman who's partly Chinese?
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