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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. BUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE
COPYRIGHT, 1918, Y E. P. BUTTON & COMPANY
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
PROLOGUE. PRESENT DAY
ACT I. THEIR FIRST LIFE TOGETHER. TIME - 2000 B.C. EGYPT
ACT II. THEIR SECOND LIFE TOGETHER. TIME - 325 B.C. GREECE
ACT III. THEIR THIRD LIFE TOGETHER. TIME - FIFTEENTH CENTURY. ITALY
EPILOGUE. PRESENT DAY
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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.
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PROLOGUE
SCENE Room in LATTIN'S London house. MRS. LATTIN lies on sofa. A picture of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile, palms and temples on wall easily visible to her.
TIME Present day, evening.
Mrs. Latting What time is it, nurse now?
Nurse Close on half-past five.
Mrs. Latting (With irritability of a sick woman.) Not later? Are you sure? It's so dark.
Nurse (Soothingly.) The dusk is closing in; I'll light your lamp.
Mrs. Latting Half-past five, you said? My husband expected to be back before this. Hasn't he come? The appointment was for half-past two.
Nurse The Foreign Office takes its time. Mr. Lattin will come to you the moment he gets in.
Mrs. Latting You're sure? I thought I heard his step.