WOOD. (_who has kept on changing arms rapidly_) Oh, bother! there! (_stuffing both arms into the sling_) _Enter MRS. LARKINGS hurriedly, at C. from L._ MRS. L. (_running to WOODCOCK_) She's here--Caroline! she's heard of the duel; that you are wounded in the right arm--(_WOODCOCK who has both arms in the sling, draws out the left_) though of course I knew it was the left, (_WOODCOCK changes arms again_) when luckily--I don't know how it came into my head--I told her it was not her husband but mine who--she's here--don't undeceive her; but first off with this. (_dragging the sling violently off WOODCOCK'S neck_) _Enter MRS. WOODCOCK, hurriedly C. from L._ MRS. W. (_running to WOODCOCK_) You are not wounded? it was not you then--Oh, I'm so happy! (_here LARKINGS appears at C._) MRS. L. (_seeing him, runs to him and flings the sling over his neck_) Hush, not a word! (_taking hold of his right arm and thrusting it violently into the sling_) LARK. (_crying out with pain_) Oh! MRS. L. (_aside to him_) That's right--pretend it hurts you! (_leading him down_) Here is the real culprit; but as he is sufficiently punished already, I forgive him. (_aside to LARKINGS, who is about to speak_) Hush! You'll have to wear the sling for a week. I'll tell you why another time! LARK. With all my heart. (_aside to WOODCOCK shaking his hand_) Thanks to you, my wife suspects nothing! SWANS. (_aside, to WOODCOCK, and shaking WOODCOCK'S other hand_) Thanks to you, no one suspects mine! WOOD. And thanks to both of you, (_shaking both their hands_) I'm going back to Stow-on-the-Wold--that is, if our kind friends assure us that success has crowned "WOODCOCK'S LITTLE GAME!" _Curtain._ Transcriber's Note This transcription is based on a copy of the Samuel French edition, scans of which have been posted on the Internet Archive at: https://archive.org/details/MortonWoodcocksLittleGame Because of the print quality of the Samuel French edition, an American reprint published by Harold Roorbach in 1889 was used as an additional resource. Scans of the copy held by the Library of Congress are posted at: https://archive.org/details/woodcockslittleg00mort In general, this transcription attempts to retain the formatting, punctuation and spelling of the source text. Variant spellings such as "bran-new" and "trowsers" have been retained as have some inconsistencies in spelling, such as "ball room" vs. "ball-room" and "thank'ee" vs. "thankee". Some changes were made to correct for printing errors and for minor inconsistencies in formatting, punctuation and spelling. The following changes were made to the text: -- p. 2: The upper right side of this page in the Samuel French edition was blank. Thus, the name of the theater and the last names of the actors were corrected or added based on the Roorbach edition. -- p. 4: there's not the slightest doubt about it's being all over!--Change "it's" to "its".