Excerpt from When the Whirlwind Blows: A Play in One Act
Scene. - A roughly furnished room, in the house of josefa, the mother of oswald, a blacksmith; the furniture is of plain, unpainted wood. A table is just of c. R. At back, C. L., a long, low window, fitted with iron bars, stands in a shallow recess. Rough dark curtains hang on either side of the window recess - and draw, to be shut ofi, as required. In corner, R. At back, obliqued against the wall, is a bench with a washtub on it. On the wall, near it, hangs a wood-chopper. A rough fireplace, L. I E., with a wood-fire burning on the hearth. Over fireplace hangs a common smallish mirror, at eye - level. A lamp in a bracket hangs against the wall above fireplace. A door 0. Back, between window and washtub, leads outside. This door has practicable lock and key. H ang ing by this door is an old-fashioned lantern, the door of which is open, owing to a broken catch. In it is seen a short length of candle, too small for the socket, and which, consequently, droops over to one side. A chair stands above fireplace, and another chair L. Of table. A door a. U. E. Which leads to josefa's bedroom.
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