KAREN.
THE NEIGHBORS { _First_.
{ _Second_.
{ _Third_.
{ _Fourth_.
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[_The_ NEIGHBORS _sit with the_ GRANDMOTHER _in the spare room because it
is Sunday._]
FIRST NEIGHBOR. I did not see you at church to-day, Grandmother.
GRANDMOTHER. I could not go, but I sent little Karen.
SECOND NEIGHBOR (_mysteriously_). Oh, yes; we saw her! Everybody saw her!
GRANDMOTHER (_proudly_). People do look at her; she is so pretty.
THIRD NEIGHBOR. People didn't look at her face to-day.
GRANDMOTHER (_alarmed_). What do you mean?
THIRD NEIGHBOR. Ask Karen when she returns. We're not the ones to carry
tales.
GRANDMOTHER (_looking out window_). Here she comes now!
FOURTH NEIGHBOR. Just ask her about the sermon and the hymns!
GRANDMOTHER (_proudly_). She will tell me almost every word the pastor
said. She is a smart girl--that Karen.
[_Enter_ KAREN.]
KAREN. Well, Grandmother, here I am! Good morning, Neighbors.
NEIGHBORS (_coldly_). Good morning, Karen.
GRANDMOTHER. Now tell me about the sermon, Karen. What was the text?
KAREN (_with confusion; stammering_). The text? It was--it was--Oh, I will
tell you all about it by and by, Grandmother.
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