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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. If you -are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the -country where you are located before using this eBook. -</div> - -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: The lighting of the Christmas tree</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Authors: Selma Lagerlöf</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em;'>Josephine L. Palmer</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em;'>Annie L. Thorp</p> -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Editor: Gertrude Buck</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: June 28, 2022 [eBook #68417]</p> -<p style='display:block; text-indent:0; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</p> - <p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em; text-align:left'>Produced by: Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)</p> -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE ***</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="max-width:30em;"> -<img class="w100" src="images/cover.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> - -<div class="frontpage"> -<h1>The Lighting of the<br /> -Christmas Tree</h1> - -<p class="fs100 noindent">In the Vassar Series of Plays<br /> -Edited by Gertrude Buck</p> - -<p class="center-justified">Adapted by Josephine L. Palmer and Annie L. -Thorp, by permission of Messrs. Doubleday, -Page & Co., from “The Christmas Guest,” by -Selma Lagerlof.</p> - -<p class="pfs200">Samuel French: Publisher</p> - -<p class="pfs135">28-30 West Thirty-eighth St. : New York</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs80">LONDON</p> - -<p class="pfs180">Samuel French, Ltd.</p> - -<p class="pfs100 smcap">26 Southampton Street, Strand</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="p2 smcap pfs100">Copyright, 1917, by Josephine L. Palmer and -Annie L. Thorp</p> - -<p class="p2 smcap pfs100">Copyright, 1921, by Samuel French</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs100"><i>All Rights Reserved</i></p> - -<p class="p2">“THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE” is -fully protected by copyright, and all rights are reserved.</p> - -<p>Permission to act, to read publicly, or to make any use -of this play must be obtained from Samuel French, 28-30 -West 38th Street, New York City.</p> - -<p>It may be presented by amateurs upon payment of a -royalty of five dollars for each performance, payable to -Samuel French one week before the date when the play -is given.</p> - -<p>Professional rates quoted on application.</p> - -<p>Whenever this play is produced the following notice -must appear on all programs, printing and advertising for -the play: Produced by special arrangement with Samuel -French of New York.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_3">[3]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak fs120" id="THE_VASSAR_SERIES_OF_PLAYS">THE VASSAR SERIES OF PLAYS</h2> -</div> - - -<p>Every play in this series has been written by a -member of the Play-Writing Class at Vassar College. -But each play as printed is the product of a -group-activity. Not merely an individual seated at -a desk, but a community working together in a -theater, is responsible for it in its final form.</p> - -<p>Some of these plays have been “tried out” by the -Vassar Dramatic Workshop and some by the Community -Theatre of Poughkeepsie, New York. By -the coöperative efforts of all who were associated in -these enterprises—actors, committee workers and -financial supporters—these plays have been given a -sympathetic and intelligent production before audiences -also intelligent and sympathetic, whose reaction -has afforded the writers much valuable criticism. -In the preliminary readings and rehearsals, -also, occasional weak points which had escaped the -ordeal of class criticism came to light and were -strengthened by the author’s revision. In fact, the -plays as they appear in this series are literally a collaboration -of the writers with innumerable friendly -critics in the play-writing class, the cast and the audience. -And it would be ungracious to put the fruits -of this collaboration at the service of the public without -grateful acknowledgment to all those who have -in any way helped to establish and carry on the Vassar -Dramatic Workshop or the Community Theatre -of Poughkeepsie.</p> - -<p>In recent years there has been an increasing demand<span class="pagenum" id="Page_4">[4]</span> -for well-written, dramatically effective one-act -plays, suitable for production by semi-professional -companies or by amateur organizations of serious -purpose and some degree of training. To aid in -supplying this demand is the purpose of the Vassar -Series of Plays. Other plays written by members -of the Play-Writing Class at Vassar College may be -secured in typewritten form by application to The -Workshop Bureau of Plays, Vassar College.</p> - -<p>All the plays in this series are protected by copyright. -A royalty of five dollars for each production -must be paid to Samuel French, 28-30 West 38th -Street, New York City, at least one week before the -date of the performance.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[5]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak fs120" id="LIGHTING_OF_THE_CHRISTMAS_TREE">LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE<br /> - -PRODUCING THE PLAY</h2></div> - - -<p>The beautiful Swedish national costumes should -be used for this play. Any good reference book on -the costumes of various nations and many books -about travel in Sweden will furnish illustrations -that may be copied, varying the colors when necessary -to produce a harmonious relation with one -another. Since this is a modern play, only the servants, -who are, of course, peasants, would be likely -to wear these costumes on ordinary occasions, but -members of the upper classes sometimes assume -them for the festivities of the Christmas season. -We may, therefore, take advantage of this possibility, -to increase the picturesqueness of our play -by using the colorful Swedish dress for all the characters.</p> - -<p>A real Swedish interior, carefully reproduced from -trustworthy illustrations, would also be effective. -Not all the furniture found in any illustration should, -of course, be used for the stage setting. A few -pieces only should be chosen, with a view to composing -without unnecessary “clutter” into a beautiful -and characteristically Swedish whole.</p> - -<p>The lines of this play are exceptionally simple in -their phrasing and yet so full of meaning that no -word or syllable should be lost by the audience. An -intelligent, sympathetic rendering of each speech is -especially important, but clear-cut enunciation and -a beautiful quality of voice are also very desirable, -particularly for Olga, Liljekrona and the two children.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[6]</span></p> - -<p>Olga is obviously the very heart of this play. She -makes a charming picture with the little boys over -the Christmas tree, the candle-lighting in the windows, -and the story of the Christ-Child’s wanderings. -Her tender love for her home and her instinctive -fear of any influence which may tend to lower -its ideals or to draw Liljekrona away from it, must -be so clearly brought out in the acting (as it is in -the lines) that the audience will understand and -even partially sympathize with her anxiety to be rid -of the drunken vagrant, Ruster.</p> - -<p>This anxiety is sharpened by the approach of the -Christmas season, which she feels should be celebrated -as a beautiful home festival, just by themselves. -But even as Olga carries her point and -Ruster is about to leave the house, she is assailed -by remorse for the selfish impulse to protect her -home at the unfortunate old man’s expense. This -should be clearly indicated in the tone and manner -with which she asks Liljekrona to give Ruster something -extra for Christmas and to lend him his fur -coat.</p> - -<p>The departure of Ruster ends the first stage of -the play’s action, in which Olga has attempted to -secure happiness for herself and her household by -the refusal of her hospitality to some one in sore -need of it. Ruster had seemed to her a discordant -element when present, but his absence seems to -bring ten-fold more unhappiness. All the Christmas -preparations go wrong. Sigurd’s cookie-dough figure -of the Christ-Child “doesn’t look like anything,” -the E string of Liljekrona’s fiddle has snapped and -he has no new one, Torstein has gone to drive Ruster -and they cannot dance without him, the sheaves for -the sparrows have been forgotten, and finally Liljekrona -withdraws to his own room to play the stormy -music which Olga understands as a portent of his -return to the old life of wandering.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[7]</span></p> - -<p>In this section of the play, Liljekrona controls -the action and should dominate the scene. Olga attempts, -in vain, to infuse joy into the Christmas -observances. Liljekrona’s bitterly self-reproachful -speech about the lonely and the hungry people,—“When -they pass so close as to touch our sleeve,—we -do not see them, we do not stop them, but let -them plod their path alone,”—shows that he will no -longer deceive himself as to the heartlessness of -their own action. And when he says—“Your candles -are too late. The door is closed. The voice is -gone,”—Olga sees that on the eve of Christmas and -in the name of its fitting observance, she has betrayed -its very spirit of hospitality and kindness.</p> - -<p>The sound of the music from Liljekrona’s room, -full of the old, wild passion for the open road, -brings to Olga realization of the price she must pay -for this mistake, “if God does not work a miracle in -the night.” Her intense suffering at this point marks -the crucial moment in the play and must be conveyed -by action and facial expression as well as by -a poignant rendering of the lines. The moment -must be held perceptibly, after she sinks into her -chair, until the sound of sleighbells, at first far off -and gradually approaching, breaks the spell.</p> - -<p>The bells usher in the third stage of the action, -which is markedly different in feeling-tone from -the other two. Instead of the fear and the cloaked -unkindness of the first scene and the growing self-reproach -of the second, we have the exaltation of -complete surrender to generous impulse. Olga’s -joy in the “miracle” which she so little deserved or -expected must shine from her face and from every -word and action, as soon as she realizes that Ruster -has indeed returned and she has a chance to repair -the wrong she has done. Her inspiration to ask -Ruster to look after the children while she is out of -the room should be so acted as to show that there is<span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[8]</span> -something behind her simple request. She will -prove her gratitude for this chance to atone, by -trusting her dearest treasures to the man she had -feared to have remain in the house with them.</p> - -<p>The scene of the children with Ruster gives the -actor an opportunity to show the battered, dissipated -old man, afraid of the innocent eyes of the children, -but gradually put at his ease by their complete unconsciousness -and their real interest in the one thing -he knows,—flute-playing. Ruster’s complete collapse -when the children’s absorption in reading allows -him to realize his own desolate situation, and -Olga’s offer to make him their tutor, need only be -played with entire simplicity and sincerity by both -actors, to bring tears to the eyes of many people in -the audience.</p> - -<p>Olga’s explanation to Liljekrona of her plans for -Ruster and why she is taking this great risk, bring -her once more into a position of leadership. This is -emphasized by the action, as first Liljekrona, then -the children and finally Ruster, kiss Olga’s hand, -while her curtain speech to Ruster gives the needed -touch of humility and graciousness to her exaltation.</p> - -<p>The curtain should be raised quickly after it has -been lowered, so as to make the tableau of the lighting -of the tree seem, as it is, an essential part of the -play.</p> - -<p class="smcap right">Gertrude Buck.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[9]</span></p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[10]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak fs120" id="CHARACTERS">CHARACTERS</h2> -</div> - -<p class="noindent charlist"> -<span class="smcap">Little Ruster</span>: a flute-player.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>: a violinist, host of Lofdala.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Olga</span>: his wife. -</p> -<table> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"><span class="smcap">Oswald <br />Sigurd</span></td> -<td class="tdl fs180">}</td> -<td class="tdl">his little sons.</td> -</tr> -</table> -<p class="noindent charlist"> -<span class="smcap">Halla</span>: the cook.<br /> -<span class="smcap">Torstein</span>: the man-servant.<br /> -</p> - -<p class="p2">First produced by the Vassar Dramatic Workshop, -December 16, 1916.</p> -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[11]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="THE_LIGHTING_OF">THE LIGHTING OF -THE CHRISTMAS TREE</h2> -</div> - - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin0"><span class="smcap">Scene</span>: <span class="dir">The living-room of</span> <span class="smcap">Lofdala</span>, <span class="dir">a Swedish -manor house. It is the afternoon before Christmas -and the room has an atmosphere of comfort -and warmth; outside it is snowing. To the -left is a large Swedish fireplace, with its hanging -black chimney-hood, crane and shining kettles. -A high wooden bench, a table and armchair -are drawn close to the fire. A heavy, iron-hinged -door opens outdoors at the center back. -On either side are windows. At the left a door -leads into the kitchen, and at the right a flight -of stairs leads to the bedrooms. By the stairs -stands a Christmas tree as yet unlighted. There -is a music cabinet against the back wall, left; -and an oblong table at the right; a carved -wooden chest stands beside the fireplace.</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Time</span>: <span class="dir">about 1890</span>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">is discovered arranging candles on the -tree. She is slender and moderately tall, with -large eyes and rich dark hair braided about her -head. She wears Swedish holiday dress.</span></p> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span>, <span class="dir">running downstairs -with their hands full of cotton. They are six -and four years old</span>, <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">being a little the -taller. They are bright-faced, tow-headed little<span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[12]</span> -boys, and are dressed in their embroidered holiday -suits.</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">stops halfway down, and -leaning over the banisters drops bits of cotton -on the tree</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> See, Mother, it’s snowing.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Look, Mother—it’s snowing. (<span class="dir">Turns at -the foot of the stairs and runs back to</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Don’t make such big flakes, Sigurd.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> But I’m making it snow hard.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Oh, look, that fell on a candle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> We need some more snow over here. -Come down and make it snow on these branches.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> But, Mother, we need some most on -this side—like this.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Where is Father?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> He has gone out with Torstein in the -sledge to gather green boughs to make the house -look like Christmas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> It’ll soon be Christmas, Mother. When -can we light the candles?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> When Father comes home. Have we -used up all the snow, Oswald?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Yes, I will get some more. (<span class="dir">Starts -upstairs.</span>) Oh! (<span class="dir">Draws back as he discovers</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span>, -<span class="dir">who has just entered and is standing on the -landing. He is unkempt and his shabby, black coat -is buttoned up to his chin. His eyes are small and -blurred and his dark hair stands out like a cloud -about his head. But he is not wholly unattractive. -His features are well-formed and his black mustache -is twirled at a proud angle. He carries his music -pen and manuscript. His voice is cracked and -harsh.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Looking up</span>) Why, Ruster!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Shivering</span>) I thought you might be -having punch. My bones are frozen working up in<span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[13]</span> -that cold room. It would take a taste of hell-fire to -warm me up. (<span class="dir">Drinking from his flask.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Turning toward the boys—raising her -hand as if to silence</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span>) The punch has not -been made yet, Ruster. Children, have you forgotten -your Christmas cookies? Halla will help you -make them if you run out to her.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Oh, I know what I want to make.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> What, Oswald?—What?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> I want a raisin in mine. (<span class="dir">Pushing open -the door.</span>) Can I, Halla?</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Exeunt to kitchen.</span> <span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">crosses to</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> If you are cold, Ruster, why not stay -here by the fire and copy your music? Is there -much more to do?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Seating himself and arranging pages</span>) -Liljekrona says there is no hurry. When will he be -home?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> As soon as he has filled the sledge with -boughs, for he knows we need him here on Christmas -Eve. (<span class="dir">She goes to the window. Sleighbells are -heard.</span>) There they are, coming up the drive. We -must have some place to put the branches. (<span class="dir">She -spreads a cloth on the floor.</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">steals a drink -from his flask. The door opens. Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>. -<span class="dir">He is a tall, finely erect man, clad in a heavy -fur coat that is covered with snow. As he takes off -his cap, he discloses a mass of light hair brushed -back from an unusually high forehead. His face -is at once sensitive and strong. He carries a load -of boughs.</span>) Well, what an armful you have!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Gaily</span>) Tell the children I have -brought home the whole forest for our Christmas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Put down your forest over here. Was -it very cold?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> There has been a fine flurry all<span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[14]</span> -morning. (<span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">helps him off with his coat</span>.) But -the fire feels good!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> This is the warmest place in the house.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> How is it going? (<span class="dir">Looking over</span> -<span class="smcap">Ruster’s</span> <span class="dir">shoulder</span>.) You haven’t forgotten how a -page ought to look, have you, Ruster?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> No, I can copy, but I cannot play. I -have almost forgotten the sound of my flute. Nobody -wants a flute-player nowadays! They do not -care for music any more in Varmland and they do -not want to learn.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Yes, Varmland is not like Ekeby -when we knew it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> It’s a pity we ever left there, Liljekrona! -We have never had such playing since—you -with your violin and I with my flute. Old Torwaldson -waving his angry stick! By Heaven, he -called the souls out of us!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Yes, the violins sobbing—then the -horns, the winds, the basses—each breaking over the -other in thundering waves.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Holy Mother!—that was living!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> And from one patron off on the -road to another, and along the way, what gay evenings -in the tent and at the inn when a man was -free from care!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> How you could play then! Shall I forget -that night in Olaf’s garden? You made your -fiddle sing as though your heart were in tune with -its strings. But now, Christ’s blood! you never play -like that.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> He plays more beautifully now than he -ever did at Ekeby.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> No, there is not so much time for -practice here.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> And the old spirit has gone out of you.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> I sometimes think so myself. It is -hard to settle down after a life of wandering.<span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">[15]</span> -Something wild keeps crying in my soul, bidding me -be off again.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Why is not home the place for music, -Liljekrona? Surely those who love you most care -most to hear. Must you seek your inspiration from -strangers?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> No, Olga, you are more to me than -a world of strangers. It is you alone who hold me -here.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Yes—you have a warm fire and a full -cellar to keep you at home. (<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">shrugs -and turns away impatiently</span>.) But what about the -man who has not money enough to fill his flask? -(<span class="dir">Bitterly.</span>) My horse, and carriole, and fur coat—they’re -all gone! (<span class="dir">Drinks, then laughs boisterously.</span>) -But still I have friends—lots of friends in Varmland, -and they’re always glad to see me and give me a -cup of cheer! (<span class="dir">He drains his flask and wipes his -mustache with the back of his hand.</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> -<span class="dir">rises disgustedly and crosses the room</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Pointedly</span>) Have you more copying to -do still, Ruster?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Blinking at her</span>) The “Folksong” is -almost finished. I was thinking, Liljekrona—that -when that is done, there are two others you showed -me yesterday, that would go well with this.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> It is better alone.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> But those two shepherd songs. I took -the book to my room. Wait till I bring it down. -(<span class="dir">He rises unsteadily. Exit.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Going to</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>) Liljekrona, -don’t give him more copying, or we shall be obliged -to keep him over Christmas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> He must be somewhere.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Our Christmas is spoiled if he stays. He -is so dirty and he drinks so. And think how bad it -is for the children.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> But he is an old friend.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[16]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yet on Christmas Eve—we have kept -thinking how happy we should be, telling stories -and dancing about the tree. And you would play -our favorite tunes. (<span class="dir">She looks wistfully about the -partly decorated room.</span>) But now all the pleasure -is gone if Ruster stays!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Formerly you were glad to see him.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes—we all were. But not since he has -become a drunkard. And, Liljekrona, I am -afraid——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Afraid of what, dear?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Impetuously</span>) Let him go somewhere -else for Christmas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> How can we send him away? It -would be inhospitable. Nobody wants him any more -than we do.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> But the children, Liljekrona.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">with book</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Here it is. (<span class="dir">Handing book to</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Yes, I remember.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Shall I copy them?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> No—I can play these from the -book.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> This is a poor transcription. It should -be written in D instead of F.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Well, I can transpose it.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> I have not copied the words for the -“Folksong.” Do you want it done?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> No, it will do as it is.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Well then, it is finished. (<span class="dir">Half-heartedly.</span>) -I suppose I must be going. (<span class="dir">Glances toward -the window.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Indifferently</span>) You had better -stay where you are over Christmas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Catching the note in</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona’s<span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">[17]</span></span> -<span class="dir">voice, and with indignant pride</span>.) What do you -mean, Liljekrona, shall I stay here because I have -nowhere else to go? Why, only think how they -are standing and waiting for me in the big ironworks -in the parish of Bro. The guest-room will -be already in order and the glass of welcome filled. -I must hurry. I only do not know to whom I -should go first.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Very well, you may go if you will.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Emphatically</span>) Yes, I must go—at -once.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Torstein</span> <span class="dir">with logs for the fire</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> If you wish, Torstein will drive you down. -Are the horses still harnessed, Torstein?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Torstein.</span> Yes, Ma’am.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Then bring the sledge around.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> And bring it at once. I have only to -get my treasures and I am ready. (<span class="dir">Picks up his -music pen and <a id="exits"></a><ins title="Original has 'exit'">exits</ins> upstairs.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Torstein.</span> He’s not going to stay over Christmas?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> You must hurry back, Torstein. The -snow is getting deep.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Exit</span> <span class="smcap">Torstein</span>. <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">looks over the music -sheets on table, and takes money from his -pocket</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> You will slip in something for Christmas?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Of course.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Taking down fur coat and warming it</span>) -Will you lend him your big coat? Torstein can -bring it back. (<span class="dir">After a pause.</span>) As long as he -wishes to go himself, it is as well to let him.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">[18]</span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">with his belongings tied up in a -blue-striped cotton handkerchief, and his flute -under his arm</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Meeting him and giving him what -he has earned</span>) That is always poor payment for -art, Ruster, but it may serve you, somehow.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Dazedly</span>) Yes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Will you put on this coat, Ruster? -(<span class="dir">Helping him into coat.</span>) You must keep warm, -and watch that your hands and face are well covered. -And tell Torstein where to take you in Bro.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Shaking himself together and going -toward door</span>) I’ll be there in time for a glass of -punch and the Christmas tree at Erickson’s—or -Oscar’s—or——</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">opens the door for him and he goes -out slowly</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Calling after him</span>) A happy Christmas -to you!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Faintly</span>) Good luck, Ruster.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Dully, from without</span>) Good-bye.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">closes the door and they look out the -window until the sleighbells jingle off</span>. <span class="smcap">Olga</span> -<span class="dir">turns back to the room</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Now as soon as the boughs are up, we -shall be ready for our Christmas tree. Don’t you -think some holly would be nice for the table, Liljekrona? -(<span class="dir">As</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">does not answer, she -stoops and picks up sprigs of holly from the pile -of branches, then goes to the kitchen door and calls</span>.) -Children, what are you doing? Come and bring -your play in here. (<span class="dir">She arranges the holly in a -brass bowl on the long table.</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">begins -to put the boughs up over the door</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[19]</span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span>, <span class="dir">carrying with great care a board -with some dough on it, and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">running -ahead with his fingers covered with dough</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> (<span class="dir">Running to</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>) Father! -See my fat dough fingers.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> What are you making, Sigurd?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Christmas things for Halla to bake.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Then they will be brown and we can -eat them just like the round cookies. See, Mother.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Only these aren’t round cookies, -Mother. (<span class="dir">Sits down on the floor with the dough.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> No. There is a Christmas tree.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> And I made a star.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> And I’m going to make—— (<span class="dir">Runs and -whispers to his mother.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> A what, dear?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">Looking up from the floor</span>) A little -Christ-Child we’re going to make.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> A little bit of a baby Christ-Child.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Kissing his forehead</span>) That will be a -lovely Christmas task.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">Getting up and pulling at</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>, -<span class="dir">who yields</span>) Look, Father! Look at my -cookie! To-night I’ll eat it for supper.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Yes. (<span class="dir">Pause.</span>) I wonder how -many little boys will be eating their Christmas cookies -to-night, and how many will be without a bite of -Christmas dinner, hungry and cold.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Won’t they have any Christmas dinner, -Father?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Some won’t. (<span class="dir">He turns back and -continues to put up boughs.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Why won’t those little boys have any -Christmas dinner, Mother?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Father meant, dear, that some children -are too poor to buy any.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Where are the poor children?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[20]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> I’m afraid there are some in every village, -Oswald.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> In our valley, Mother?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes, dear, I’m afraid there are.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Then, Mother, if Sigurd and I made -some good cookies, could we take them down to those -poor children?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> If only we knew just where we could -find them, Oswald. It is hard sometimes to know -where the lonely people are, and the hungry ones.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> And when they pass so close as to -touch our sleeve on the way we do not see them, we -do not stop them, but let them plod their path alone.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Stung by</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona’s</span> <span class="dir">remark</span>) It is -a good thought, Oswald. Take them out to Halla -now, so she can bake them before to-morrow.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> I can’t make a Christ-Child, Mother. -<span class="dir">(With a sob.</span>) It doesn’t look like <em>anything</em>.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">With a laugh</span>) It looks like a star.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Rising</span>) Let me see, dear. I think -Mother would know what that was. Take it to -Halla and she will bake it. Then wash those sticky -hands. It is time to light the tree. (<span class="dir">Exeunt</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> -<span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span>. <span class="dir">Takes violin from the cabinet -and gives it to</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>.) You will play for us -to dance?—one of the old polkas, Liljekrona.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Pettishly</span>) My E string has -snapped.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Well, put on a new one. Quick, before -the children come back.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">goes slowly upstairs with his violin</span>. -<span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">pulls out the tree from the corner and -starts to light the candles with a taper. Enter</span> -<span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">with a punch bowl and the glasses, which -she places on the long table</span>. <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> -<span class="dir">follow, each carrying a plate of cakes</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[21]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Mother! Are you lighting the tree instead -of Father?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes. Do you want to help?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Oh, yes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> And I want to, too.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> You shall, dear. But first put the cakes -on the table. (<span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">deposit their -cakes and run to the tree</span>. <span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">gives her taper to</span> -<span class="smcap">Sigurd</span>.) Here, Sigurd, first the low ones—there. -(<span class="dir">Lighting another taper.</span>) Now, Oswald. Can you -do it, dear?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> You light those, Mother. (<span class="dir">Pointing to -higher ones.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> There.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> The top one of all isn’t lit, Mother.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> No, Father is the only one who can reach -that. We’ll have to leave it. Come, Halla.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span> <span class="dir">by the stairs without his violin</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> We’re all ready for a polka.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> I have no new string for my fiddle.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> But you <em>can</em> play on three strings.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> I can remember no polkas.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Approaching him persuasively</span>) Why, -Liljekrona, can’t you play anything? Sha’n’t we -be able to dance at all?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Torstein is not back yet. He is -the best dancer of all. Perhaps it was hard to find -the house. (<span class="dir">Goes to the window.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Well then, we’ll wait our dancing for -Torstein, and have our punch and cakes while they -are hot.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> The sparrows are twittering about -the window sill most miserably. Where is the pole -with the sheaves for them?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> I did not think of it till now. Did you -remember, Halla?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[22]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Halla.</span> No, I didn’t. Poor little things!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> How is it that you forgot on this -day, of all days? Do old customs mean nothing to -you? Or is it the heartlessness of those who shut -their eyes to the meaning of old beliefs? At Ekeby -no one ever forgot!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Disturbed</span>) No, my dear, we are not -heartless. The sheaves shall be put out as soon as -Torstein returns. Come, shall we have our punch -and cakes? Children, are you hungry?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> I am.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> I want a cookie from my plate.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> And there are no candles in the -windows. Nothing is done as it used to be. (<span class="dir">He -seats himself on the wooden bench.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Oh, why—why, I had intended to light -the candles. (<span class="dir">Goes to mantel.</span>) Come, children, -before you have your cookies will you help Mother? -(<span class="dir">She takes from the shelf above the fireplace two -wooden frames, in each of which is set a row of -candles. She lights them and gives one to each of -the boys.</span>) Careful. Put them on the windowsills.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> I want mine in this window. You put -yours over there, Sigurd.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Halla, take the punch to the table by the -fire. (<span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">seats herself near</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>.) Come, -children. (<span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">come to her side</span>.) -Sigurd, do you know why we put candles in the -windows on Christmas Eve?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> So that people can see where we live!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes—dear; and there is a story that the -little Christ-Child goes about on Christmas Eve -looking for a welcome. (<span class="dir">She pours some punch for</span> -<span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>, <span class="dir">who is looking intently at her</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> And if he sees our lights, Mother, will -he come to our house?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes, dear, and when you hear him say:<span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[23]</span> -“Behold I stand at the door and knock——” (<span class="dir">She -passes glass of punch to</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Ignoring it, and meeting her -glance with a steady gaze</span>) “And if any man hear -my voice and will open the door, I will come in and -sup with him, and he with me.” Your candles are -too late. The door is closed. The voice is gone. -(<span class="dir">Rises and exits slowly to his room.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">After a pause</span>) Why did Father go -away, Mother?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Halla.</span> Is it anything the matter with the punch, -Ma’am?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Hesitating</span>) No, Halla, it’s not the -punch—I think he’s not—very happy——</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Won’t he come back, Mother? Who -will tell us stories?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Wild music is heard from</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona’s</span> <span class="dir">room. It -rises and falls in passionate rushes and casts a -spell over those who listen</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Rising suddenly at the sound</span>) He is -playing. Why—he has not played like that since he -came home. It is his great heart full of revolt from -all that is small about us. “You thought to bind -me,” he is saying, “you thought to make me as small-minded -as yourselves.” Oh, I was wrong! I -thought to shut out unhappiness, but with it I have -shut out love. To-morrow he will be gone, if God -does not work a miracle in the night. (<span class="dir">She sinks -into her chair and covers her face with her hands. -The boys sit quite still and look with awe at their -mother.</span> <span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">wrings her hands in a half-understanding -and miserable way</span>.)</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Sleighbells are heard.</span> <span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">goes to the window</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[24]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Halla.</span> It must be Torstein come back again at -last. No, there are two of them. And yet that’s -Torstein. He’s getting out. He’s helping the other. -(<span class="dir">In a tone of horror.</span>) Why, it must be Ruster -with him!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Until now heedless, looking and drying -her eyes</span>) <em>Ruster</em>, did you say, Halla? Has Ruster -come back again? (<span class="dir">She approaches the window -and looks out.</span>) Surely it is he! (<span class="dir">She opens the -door. The two men enter. They are covered with -snow.</span> <span class="smcap">Torstein</span> <span class="dir">is blue with the cold, and</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> -<span class="dir">seems half-frozen. His mustache hangs down over -his mouth. He leans on</span> <span class="smcap">Torstein</span>. <span class="dir">The children -jump up from the floor.</span>) Ruster, you are welcome -back to Lofdala. (<span class="dir">She loosens his coat and leads -him, with</span> <span class="smcap">Torstein’s</span> <span class="dir">help, to the fire</span>. <span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">draws -up the armchair into which</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">sinks weakly. -The children watch.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Torstein.</span> (<span class="dir">Apologetically</span>) I had to bring him -back, Ma’am. At every house they were either going -away over Christmas, or were crowded with -company. They didn’t even ask him to get out of -the sledge. And the snow was so thick I thought -we’d both be frozen.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> You did well to bring him, Torstein. -(<span class="dir">She rubs</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster’s</span> <span class="dir">hands to give them life</span>. <span class="smcap">Torstein</span> -<span class="dir">stands by the fire</span>.) Halla, is the punch still -hot?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Halla.</span> Yes, Ma’am.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Then pour out a glass. It will warm him.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">pours out two glasses. One she gives to</span> -<span class="smcap">Torstein</span>, <span class="dir">the other</span> <span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">holds to</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster’s</span> -<span class="dir">lips</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Torstein.</span> (<span class="dir">Smacking his lips</span>) Um! That puts -life into you! (<span class="dir">Sets down his glass.</span>) Well, I must<span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[25]</span> -drive the horses around, or they’ll be drifted in.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Exit by front door.</span> <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">and</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">watch -from the window</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Gaining consciousness and looking -about with a sad, puzzled expression</span>) How did I -come here again? It is strange, all strange to be in -Liljekrona’s house—I thought—— (<span class="dir">Abruptly.</span>) -Why are you so kind to me? I am only an old -broken-down instrument....</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> We are glad to see you, Ruster! And I -want you to think—you have never been away. Let -me have your wet coat. (<span class="dir">Helps him out of it.</span>) -Halla will dry it in the kitchen.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="dir">Exit</span> <span class="smcap">Halla</span> <span class="dir">with coat</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Refilling his glass and putting it on the -table by him</span>) Are you warmer now?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Yes—quite warm, thank you.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">Offering the cookie he has been holding</span>) -Here’s a cookie. (<span class="smcap">Sigurd</span>, <span class="dir">who is about to eat -the last fragment of his, stops and holds it out to</span> -<span class="smcap">Ruster</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Starting up suddenly</span>) I can’t stay -here! I am of no use—here—or anywhere!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Putting a hand on his arm</span>) You are -mistaken, Ruster. You may help, if you will. I -must attend to setting the table for dinner and the -children will be quite forsaken. Will you look after -them a little?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Rising, alarmed</span>) I can’t do that!—Why, -I—they——</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Exit</span> <span class="smcap">Olga</span>, <span class="dir">resolutely</span>. <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">looks after her, -then turns, and seeing his glass of punch on the -table, starts to pick it up. He encounters the<span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[26]</span> -steady gaze of the children, restrains himself -and fumbles in his pocket. He draws out his -flute and blows a note on it. The boys come -closer.</span>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> How do you do that? (<span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">does -not answer, but blows again</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Why do you lift your fingers?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> To make the notes.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Let me try! (<span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">places his little -fingers over two of the stops</span>. <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">blows, but no -sound comes</span>. <span class="smcap">Oswald</span> <span class="dir">laughs</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Let <em>me</em> try! (<span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">shows him also—but -still no tone</span>.) How do you do it? (<span class="dir">He tries -again.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> I blow in here. (<span class="dir">Showing them.</span>) And -I keep the holes covered with my fingers. When I -want to make a note, I lift up a finger, like this. -(<span class="dir">He blows.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Blow another.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Blows another. Then both over again</span>) -This is A and this is B.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> A and B. You can’t play <em>them</em>. -They’re letters.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Yes, and in music they are the names -of the notes. (<span class="dir">Takes out a score and with a crayon -makes a few notes.</span>) This is the way they look.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Let me see.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> No! That’s not right! That’s not -what’s in our storybook! See—I’ll show you. (<span class="dir">He -runs to music cabinet, and from lower cupboard -pulls out a battered cloth book.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">To</span> <span class="smcap">Sigurd</span>) Can this boy spell his -name?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> Yes—S I G U R D!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> See—look at <em>our</em> book. There isn’t -any A and B like that! That is A and that is B. -(<span class="dir">Pointing.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[27]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Can you read that?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> Yes, I can read it.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">with tablecloth, glasses and silver. -She smiles at the group and quietly begins to -arrange the table.</span>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">Reading</span>) “Far away, in the deep -forest there once grew——”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Both Children.</span> “A pretty Fir-<em>Tree</em>. The sun -shone full upon <em>him</em>, the breeze played freely around -<em>him</em>, and in the n—n——” (<span class="dir">Looking up questioningly -at</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> “Neigh-bor-hood.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> “Neighborhood grew many Fir-Trees.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Both Children.</span> “Some older, some younger.”</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Oswald.</span> (<span class="dir">Turning from the book</span>) Look—I’ll -draw you a fir-tree. (<span class="dir">He draws on</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster’s</span> <span class="dir">music -score—spreading it on the floor</span>.)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Sigurd.</span> (<span class="dir">Slowly</span>) “But the little Fir-Tree was -not happy; he was always long—longing to be tall; -he th—th——”</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="smcap">Ruster</span>, <span class="dir">who during the last part of the reading has -been paying no attention, suddenly covers his -face with his hands. His shoulders shake a little.</span> -<span class="smcap">Sigurd</span> <span class="dir">looks up frightened</span>. <span class="smcap">Olga</span> <span class="dir">crosses -quickly to him</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Gently</span>) Ruster—Ruster! Don’t feel -badly!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Sobbing softly</span>) Yes—I am of no use -any more.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Sympathetically</span>) I know—I know. -You cannot make a living by your music and you -are destroying yourself with brandy. You have -been turned away from every door where you have -knocked. But, Ruster——</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[28]</span></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> Yes, I am worn out. I ought to be -thrown away! Nobody needs me.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> But don’t you see that to be with the -children, as to-night, would be something for you? -If you would teach children you would be welcomed -everywhere. Look at them, Ruster! (<span class="dir">She places -the boys in front of him.</span>) Look at them!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Ruster.</span> (<span class="dir">Blinking</span>) I dare not!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Laughing joyously</span>) Then you must -accustom yourself to them, Ruster! Perhaps you -could help them with their reading. They need a -schoolmaster! (<span class="dir">Turning to children triumphantly.</span>) -How would you like that, children?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="hangin">(<span class="dir">Enter</span> <span class="smcap">Liljekrona</span>, <span class="dir">violin under his arm</span>. <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> -<span class="dir">remains motionless by the fireplace with -bowed head</span>.)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Why are you laughing, Olga, what -is it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Nothing—but that Ruster has come -again!</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> (<span class="dir">Perplexed</span>) Ruster here again?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Beaming</span>) Yes, and he is going to stay -with us to teach our little boys.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> Ruster! (<span class="dir">With amazement</span>) You -have asked him to teach——?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> Yes, Oswald and Sigurd. He has been -helping them this afternoon.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> But—has he promised to give -up——?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> He has promised nothing. But there is -much about which he must be careful when he has to -look little children in the eyes every day.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> You’re sure he can do it?</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Not heeding</span>) If it had not been Christmas, -perhaps I should not have ventured; but if our -Lord dared to place His own son among us sinners,<span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">[29]</span> -surely we can dare to let our children try to save a -human soul.</p> - -<p class="center">(<span class="smcap">Liljekrona’s</span> <span class="dir">face twitches and twists. He gently -kisses his wife’s hand as if asking forgiveness.</span>)</p> - - -<p><span class="smcap">Liljekrona.</span> The children must come and kiss -their Mother’s hand! (<span class="dir">They do so, though not -just knowing why.</span>)</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Olga.</span> (<span class="dir">Going to</span> <span class="smcap">Ruster</span> <span class="dir">and holding out her -hand</span>) Ruster, it is you who have made our Christmas -happy. 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