The Washington times., 1922-12-17
ALA (,cith 0Iitterin0 eycs)-
Mistress! Janek is coming!

r ALA (scith 0litterinS eycs)-
Mistress! Janek Is coming!
- HEDDA (toith startIcd
gesture)-YOu are sure?
LAILA-surely! see him clearly
In the distance. He Is walking
proudly. as though a gold-fringed
pajong we're held above his head.
ALA! What airs this half-caste
gives himself!
HEDDA (nerroNsIy)-Quick-see II
anyone is watching!
LAILA-The garden is deserted.
There Is not a sound.
HEDDA (closing her eyes tdintIy)
How this repels me! ! feel de-
graded. And not without GER
tain terror. "
LAILA-Be strong. mistress. Re-
member this mar is only SER
want. Last year he was COM
mon dodOk-serving iced wines
and squatting behind the guest
chairs like a frog!
HEDDA-And does Il not make Il
all the more repugnant--to haggle
and barter In secret with this
wretchG
LAILA Observation-Disclosures, you
owe II to the dead. Surely the
soul of the English tuan cannot
rest in peace while these stolen
letters are q menace to your
safety. What II this thief should
take them to the master?
HEDDA lin a deddened cOtce)-N
is certain my husband would kill
me (spedking almost ,oithynt emo
tiOnJ-Yes, he would kill me.
LAILA fWith ,oise nod)-Have
no fear! Janek will not take
them to the master-not while he
hopes to drive a richer bargain
with you. Every day during your
weeks of fever he has inquired
about the njonj ja-besar-the great
lady. And bne day, when he saw
you sitting at the window-yOu
should have seen his eyes! They
were like black flame. Black,
poisonous flame!
HBDDA (ra0ueIy)-Yes. seem to
remember him staring strangely
at me from somewhere.
LAILA (hdrshly) = From every.
where! He was the masters SPY!
Wherever you went with the
young English captain-whether
for a walk by sun. or moon
.Janek, the traitor-hearted, always
followed!
HEDDA (,cith> anguish And now
there is no longer need to follow!
LAILA fheGptIy)-The English
tuan Is dead. And the sacred
frangipani blossoms are strewn
upon the river bank.
HEDDA (,cith a moan OF pdin)-
How terrible life has become for
me! II is q waking nightmare!
A ghastly fragment Of delirium!
LAILA fercitedly, at the ictsd0sC)
--Janek is Fastening nearer! He
is walking in great strides up the
pebble path!
HEDDA (With a nervous shndder)
--Hurry--unlock the dresser.
Bring the money!
IAII,A fObeytRg)-Yes! 1t must
be placed where he may feast his
eyes-the greedy brute.
HEDDA--Put II on the centre table
(ske listens In the direction Of the
garden). And now leave me.
LAIIA (hcsffdtinO)-But In your
weakened state
HEDDA (stGrin0 before her)-I
feel q curious sense of courage.
Hate and love-these are the two
elements In the world that make
one strong.
fLaHa slips out through a crr.
tained dO0r,Odg into an 0dj0iniaO
room. shortly dfterScdrd yGNek
dpptars at the doorway of the
perundd. He Is about thirfp-foar,
lean, supple figure, blHe-bIock
hair and pale yeilotc akin. He
wears European trousers, mGttre
en- broidered Jacket and a ttCisfed
furbdn. Thrust In ME fsCice-
bound 0irdIe 70 kris ,oifh an
elaborate hiIf. He cnters, MAX
ting the gesture of semba, the deep
boto ,cifh the rI0spcd h0mds
brDughf to the foreheodJ
JANEK (scith crdO0cruted ccrc-
mony)--Njonja-besar has sent for
me2 A
HEDDA IN an cvem rojce)--Yes, j
have sent FOR you. No one knows
OF your comingf
JANEK fsoith q fashin0 swstIc)--
Rest assured-no one!