Produced by David WidgerFIFTH SERIES PLAYS OF GALSWORTHYBy John GalsworthyContents     A Family Man     Loyalties     WindowsA FAMILY MANFrom the 5th Series PlaysBy John GalsworthyCHARACTERSJOHN BUILDER of the firm of Builder  BuilderJULIA His WifeATHENE His elder DaughterMAUD His younger DaughterRALPH BUILDER His Brother and PartnerGUY HERRINGHAME A Flying ManANNIE A Young Person in BlueCAMILLE Mrs Builders French MaidTOPPING Builders ManservantTHE MAYOR Of BreconridgeHARRIS His SecretaryFRANCIS CHANTREY JPMOON A ConstableMARTIN A Police SergeantA JOURNALIST From The CometTHE FIGURE OF A POACHERTHE VOICES AND FACES OF SMALL BOYSThe action passes in the town of Breconridge the MidlandsACT I     SCENE I  BUILDERS Study  After breakfast     SCENE II  A StudioACT II  BUILDERS Study  LunchtimeACT III     SCENE I THE MAYORS Study  10am the following day     SCENE II  BUILDERS Study  The same  Noon     SCENE III  BUILDERS Study  The same  EveningACT ISCENE I     The study of JOHN BUILDER in the provincial town of Breconridge     A panelled room wherein nothing is ever studied except perhaps     BUILDERS face in the mirror over the fireplace  It is however     comfortable and has large leather chairs and a writing table in the     centre on which is a typewriter and many papers  At the back is a     large window with French outside shutters overlooking the street     for the house is an old one built in an age when the homes of     doctors lawyers and so forth were part of a provincial town and     not yet suburban  There are two or three fine old prints on the     walls Right and Left and a fine old fireplace Left with a     fender on which one can sit  A door Left back leads into the     diningroom and a door Right forward into the hall     JOHN BUILDER is sitting in his afterbreakfast chair before the fire     with The Times in his hands  He has breakfasted well and is in     that condition of firstpipe serenity in which the affairs of the     nation seem almost bearable  He is a tallish square personable     man of fortyseven with a wellcoloured jowly fullish face     marked under the eyes which have very small pupils and a good deal     of light in them  His bearing has force and importance as of a man     accustomed to rising and ownerships sure in his opinions and not     lacking in geniality when things go his way  Essentially a     Midlander  His wife a woman of fortyone of ivory tint with a     thin trim figure and a face so strangely composed as to be almost     like a mask essentially from Jersey is putting a nib into a     penholder and filling an inkpot at the writingtable     As the curtain rises CAMILLE enters with a rather brokendown     cardboard box containing flowers  She is a young woman with a good     figure a pale face the warm brown eyes and complete poise of a     Frenchwoman  She takes the box to MRS BUILDERMRS BUILDER  The blue vase please Camille     CAMILLE fetches a vase  MRS BUILDER puts the flowers into the vase     CAMILLE gathers up the debris  and with a glance at BUILDER goes     outBUILDER  Glorious October  I ought to have a damned good days shootingwith Chantrey tomorrowMRS BUILDER  Arranging the flowers  Arent you going to the officethis morningBUILDER  Well no I was going to take a couple of days off  If youfeel at the top of your form take a restthen you go on feeling at thetop  He looks at her as if calculating  What do you say to looking upAtheneMRS BUILDER  Palpably  astonished  Athene  But you said youd donewith herBUILDER  Smiling Six weeks ago but dash it one cant have done withones own daughter  Thats the weakness of an Englishman he cant keepup his resentments  In a town like this it doesnt do to have her livingby herself  One of these days itll get out weve had a row  Thatwouldnt do me any goodMRS BUILDER  I seeBUILDER  Besides I miss her  Mauds so selfabsorbed  It makes a bighole in the family Julia  Youve got her address havent youMRS BUILDER  Yes  Very still  But do you think its dignified JohnBUILDER  Genially  Oh hang dignity  I rather pride myself on knowingwhen to stand on my dignity and when to sit on it  If shes still crazyabout Art she can live at home and go out to studyMRS BUILDER  Her craze was for libertyBUILDER  A few weeks discomfort soon cures that  She cant live on herpittance  Shell have found that out by now  Get your things on andcome with me at twelve oclockMRS BUILDER  I think youll regret it  Shell refuseBUILDER  Not if Im nice to her  A child could play with me todayShall I tell you a secret JuliaMRS BUILDER  It would be pleasant for a changeBUILDER  The Mayors coming round at