Excerpt from Three Plays: The Shadow, the Mother, the Secret Woman
Scene: The little general shop of Sarah Dunnybrig at Little Silver, Dartmoor. A counter runs across the midst of the shop, and behind it are shelves divided by a glazed door with a curtain over the lower panes. To the right of the door the shelves contain bottles of sweet stuff, boxes of chocolate and tins of biscuits. There are also on the counter bottles of ginger beer and groceries - butter, cheese, apiece of bacon, a box of bloaters, and a basket of eggs. To the left of the door the shelves hold bales of cloth and, boxes of haberdashery. Hanging on strings across the shop are bright kerchiefs, pieces of lace, straw hats and stockings. Gay print stuffs are displayed, with ties, men"s braces and linen shirts. Beyond the groceries, to the left, is disposed hardware stock and ironmongery. Here are spades, scythes, billhooks, carpenter"s tools, hedgers gloves, brooms, a mangle and other things, including a card of the bright brass decorations that cart-horses wear on their harness, and cards of knives.
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