Synopsis

The dressingroom of CHARLES WINSOR, owner of Meldon Court, near Newmarket; about eleventhirty at night. The room has pale grey walls, unadorned; the curtains are drawn over a window Back Left Centre. A bed lies along the wall, Left. An open door, Right Back, leads into LADY ADELA's bedroom; a door, Right Forward, into a long corridor, on to which abut rooms in a row, the whole length of the house's left wing. WINSOR's dressingtable, with a light over it, is Stage Right of the curtained window. Pyjamas are laid out on the bed, which is turned back. Slippers are handy, and all the usual gear of a wellappointed beddressingroom. CHARLES WINSOR, a tall, fair, goodlooking man about thirtyeight, is taking off a smoking jacket.