KARMA
KARMA
A RE-INCARNATION PLAY
IN
PROLOGUE, EPILOGUE & THREE ACTS
BY
ALGERNON BLACKWOOD
AUTHOR OF “JULIUS LE VALLON,” “THE WAVE,” ETC.
AND
VIOLET PEARN
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE
Copyright, 1918,
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| Prologue. Present Day | 3 |
| Act I. Their First Life Together. | |
| Time—2000 B.C. Egypt | 38 |
| Act II. Their Second Life Together. | |
| Time—325 B.C. Greece | 81 |
| Act III. Their Third Life Together. | |
| Time—Fifteenth Century. Italy | 123 |
| Epilogue. Present Day | 189 |
PROLOGUE
PRESENT DAY
CHARACTERS
- Phillip Lattin (45), British Agent in Egypt.
- Mrs. Lattin, his wife (40), mentally and physically ill; a woman of strong personality and exacting.
- The Doctor, unpretentious, simple in bearing, gentle in manner.
- Nurse.
PROLOGUE
Scene—Roomin Lattin’s London house. Mrs.Lattin lies on sofa. A picture of AncientEgypt, showing the Nile, palms and templeson wall easily visible to her.
Time—Present day, evening.
Mrs. Lattin
What time is it, nurse—now?
Nurse
Close on half-past five.
Mrs. Lattin
(With irritability of a sick woman.) Notlater? Are you sure? It’s so dark.
Nurse
(Soothingly.) The dusk is closing in;I’ll light your lamp.
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