] No. Only
into my study.
ANNYS You said "Goodbye."
GEOFFREY [Not remembering.] _I_ did! Must have been thinking of
something else. I shall be in here if you want me. [He goes into
the other room.]
ANNYS [She has crossed to her desk. She is humming. She seats
herself, takes paper and pen, writes. Without turning--still
writing--she raises her voice.] Geoffrey! How do you spell
"experimental"? One "r" or two?
[There is no answer. Puzzled at the silence, she looks round. The
great folding-doors are closed. She stares in front of her,
thinking, then turns again to her work.]
CURTAIN.
THE SECOND ACT
SCENE:- Liberal Central Committee Rooms, East India Dock Road,
Poplar. A large, high room on the first floor of an old-fashioned
house. Two high windows right. A door at back is the main
entrance. A door left leads to other rooms. The walls are papered
with election literature. Conspicuous among the posters displayed
is "A Man for Men." "No Petticoat Government.
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