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THE UNFORSEEN RETURN Comedy in One Act
BY REGNARD
Translated and adapted By Frank J. Morlock

Characters French names
Mr. Edward Richly (Clitandre) Belinda (Lucile) Clarissa (Cydalise) Squire (Marquis) Lucy (Lisette) Mrs. Prim (Mme. Bertrand) Roger (Merlin) Jeremy (Jacquinet) Mr. Andre (M. Andre) Mr. Richly (M. Geronte)
Six men, four women

The scene is a street before Richly's house. Lucy, a maid is approaching from one side and encounters Mrs. Prim.
Mrs. Prim: Ah, there you are! I'm very glad to meet you. Let's take the opportunity to have a little serious conversation, Miss Lucy.
Lucy: (easily) Just as serious as you please, Mrs. Prim.
Mrs. Prim: You know perfectly well that I am displeased with the behavior of my niece.
Lucy: Really Madam. And what's she done wrong, may I ask?
Mrs. Prim. She does nothing but wrong--and to make it worse she surrounds herself with a wench like you who gives her the worst possible advice and who pushes her over the precipice--where she's heading if she hasn't already fallen.
Lucy: Well, Mrs. Prim, this is at the very least, a serious conversation as you put it--and if I were to respond as seriously I don't know where it might end. But the respect I have for your age, and for the aunt of my mistress prevents me from responding to you without respect.
Mrs. Prim: My age! You're a model of moderation!
Lucy: It would be nice if you were, too, Madam. You are not the first to spread scandal about your niece; remarks that have no foundation except in your disordered imagination.
Mrs. Prim: My disordered imagination! What impudence. (furiously) It's the disorder of your actions which make me speak out--and there is nothing worse than the life you are living.
Lucy: How is that--what's wrong with our life if you please?
Mrs. Prim: What? Is there anything more scandalous than the expenditures Belinda is constantly making--a girl without a penny in income.
Lucy: You have credit, Madame.
Mrs. Prim: Just what she needs to maintain a large house and extravagant tastes.
Lucy: Is she forbidden to make her fortune?
Mrs. Prim: