Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: GODFRIDA ACT I SCENE. —A room in Ingleram's house in Aries. At the back a large door opens into a garden. Through the trees in the garden glimpses of the horizon, a rolling wooded line, are seen. On the left of the garden the backs of other houses are visible. There are doors right and left, that on the left being well back. A broad latticed window at the back looks on the garden; a smaller one in a recess commands the street. The walls are hung with tapestry. In front on the right a table with four chairs set about it: a flask of wine and glasses are on the table. There is a seat in the recess; and on the window-sill several vellum-bound books. In front on the left a couch. Chairs on which are the hats of Ingleram, etc., are set conveniently. A spinning-wheel near the large window. A summer morning. When the act-drop rises Ingleram is closing the door at the back; and Dagobert and Berthold are seated at the table. Ingleram is stout; grey hair, moustache, and pointed beard; aboutJifty; richly dressed. Berthold is pouring out wine for himself; his hair is untidy, and he has a dissipated appearance; about thirty-five; his dress has been splendid, but is faded and stained. Dagobert, about thirty, lounges with his head on his hand; richly dressed. With the exception of Godfrida, Ingleram, Clare, and the servants, the persons in this act enter and go out by the door on the left. Berthold. Cyprian is coming. Ingleram (sitting at the head of the table). He joins us, then. Berthold. Yes. Ingleram. I have not seen him since he returned from Algiers. Berthold. He is the portrait of discontent. If he were the only creature left alive, I believe he would cut his own throat to be avenged on mankind. Ingleram. He was shamefully neglected. Berthold. More so than ... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.