Books with author Alicia Thompson

Excerpt from The Return of Letty: A Comedy in One ActScene. - A farmhouse sitting-room. At c. in flat is a door. Another l. i e. l. in flat is a window opening out. At r. a cupboard with cups, saucers and plates. At r. c. a table covered with a cloth, on it a vase and a few books and a work-basket. Near the table a rocking-chair. At l. a large armchair, another rocker, a smaller chair and a child's little wooden rocker. A rag mat on floor.(The curtain rises to discover Mrs. Ruggs seated r. c. She is a motherly-looking woman, wearing spectacles and old-fashioned country dress and apron. As she rocks she knits on a purple sock. She rises, goes to window and looks out; returns to chair, shaking her head with a sigh. Enter c., Ruth Carey. She carries in her hand a sunbonnet with a single string.)Ruth (in great excitement). Aunt Mary, Aunt Mary, is it true that Cousin Letty will be home to-day?Mrs. Ruggs (turning slowly). Ruth! Bless the child! Why, you re all het up and out o'breath.Ruth. I've been running. May I sit in Cousin Letty's chair?Mrs. Ruggs. Come here. (Ruth goes to her.) Just look at your apron. Ain't you ashamed of yourself, a great girl like you?Ruth. Oh, I did that climbing over the fence. I wish they wouldn't put "bobbed" wire on the posts. It's mean of them.Mrs. Ruggs. You're too old to climb fences.Ruth (mischievously). But you know Cousin Letty climbed fences till she was a big girl, till she was grown up.Mrs. Ruggs. So she did! She was a regla' tomboy; just like you!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.