Mrs Drainger’s Veil TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "I have come about the will," I began, and was immediately conscious of Miss Emily's voracious interest. The opening was, as I recognized too late, scarcely diplomatic.<br><br>"Will?" said the daughter in a harsh voice. "You are making a will? You--you----"<br><br>She looked enormously tall and unpleasant as she spoke.<br><br>"Yes, my dear," responded Mrs. Drainger dryly.<br><br>"You? You?" continued the daughter rapidly. "After all these years? It is incredible. It is incredible." She laughed unpleasantly with closed eyes.<br><br>Then, conscious that she was betraying emotions not meant for me, she turned to my chair. "You will understand that the information is something of a shock for a daughter. My mother's condition----"<br><br>"Mrs. Drainger," I ventured to interrupt, "wishes merely to make certain changes in an instrument already drawn up." I was conscious of a stir, whether of gratitude or of resentment, from the darkened corner.<br><br>Emily seemed momentarily bewildered.<br><br>"You frightened me," she said at length with a frankness palpably false.<br><br>"I quite understand," I retorted, the sham being, I thought, tolerably obvious. "And now if your mother and I----"<br><br>She took the hint.<br><br>"I will leave you," she said.<br><br>It was evident I had not won her gratitude.<br><br> COMMENTS: Visual Text CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: MrsDraingersVeil.pdf
