Six Short Plays by John Galsworthy | MusicalTheatreResourceCenter

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Collection includes: The First and The Last The Little Man Hall-marked Defeat The Sun Punch and Go an excerpt: THE GIRL. He couldn't come before. I'm frightened. 'E was fond o' me. THE MAN. And aren't I fond of you? THE GIRL. I ought to 'a waited, Jim; with 'im in the fightin'. THE MAN. [Passionately] And what about me? Aren't I been in the fightin'--earned all I could get? THE GIRL. [Touching him] Ah! THE MAN. Did you--? [He cannot speak the words.] THE GIRL. Not like you, Jim--not like you. THE MAN. Have a spirit, then. THE GIRL. I promised him. THE MAN. One man's luck's another's poison. THE GIRL. I ought to 'a waited. I never thought he'd come back from the fightin'. THE MAN. [Grimly] Maybe 'e'd better not 'ave. THE GIRL. [Looking back along the tow-path] What'll he be like, I wonder? THE MAN. [Gripping her shoulder] Daisy, don't you never go back on me, or I should kill you, and 'im too. [THE GIRL looks at him, shivers, and puts her lips to his.] THE GIRL. I never could. THE MAN. Will you run for it? 'E'd never find us! [THE GIRL shakes her head.] THE MAN [Dully] What's the good o' stayin'? The world's wide.

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