Daddy, my treasure! Something is catching hold of my shoulders, something is catching hold with its paws! Daddy dear... really, really ... I must go! Daddy, darling! let me get up on the oven with you! Let me, for Heaven's sake! Catching hold... catching hold! Oh! (Runs to the stove). MÍTRITCH. See how they've frightened the girl.... What vile creatures they are! May the frogs kick them! Well then, climb up. NAN (climbs on oven) But don't you go away! MÍTRITCH. Where should I go to? Climb up, climb up! Oh Lord! Gracious Nicholas! Holy Mother!... How they have frighted the girl. (Covers her up) There's a little fool--really a little fool! How they've frighted her; really, they are vile creatures! The deuce take 'em! Curtain. ACT V SCENE 1. In front of scene a stack-stand, to the left a thrashing ground, to the right a barn. The barn doors are open. Straw is strewn about in the doorway. The hut with yard and out-buildings is seen in the background, whence proceed sounds of singing and of a tambourine. Two Girls are walking past the barn towards the hut.

Nan Monologue from The Power of Darkness

Rehearse Nan's monologue