I never liked that man. Well, then, you must go to some nice respectable boarding-house. (CARVE: But I don't know any nice respectable boarding-house.) Oh! There are thousands and thousands in London. Look in the Telegraph. (CARVE: I haven't had a paper to-day.) Any day will do. They're in all the papers every day. What's this? (Taking up folded dirty newspaper and opening it.) Now, let's see. Well, what about this? "A beautiful private hotel of the highest class. Luxuriously furnished. Visitors' comfort studied. Finest position in London. Cuisine a speciality. Suitable for persons of superior rank. Bathroom. Electric light. Separate tables. No irritating extras. Single rooms from two and a half guineas. 250 Queen's Gate." Quite close by! (CARVE says nothing.) Perhaps that's a bit dear. Here's another. "Not a boarding-house. A magnificent mansion. Forty bedrooms by Waring. Superb public saloons by Maple. Parisian chef. Separate tables. Four bathrooms. Card-rooms. Billiard room. Vast lounge. Special sanitation. Young, cheerful, musical society. Bridge (small). Finest position in London. No irritating extras. Single rooms from two guineas." What about that?

Janet Cannot Monologue from The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts

Rehearse Janet Cannot's monologue