Excerpt from Barbara: A Play in One Act Eccles. [in a conciliatory voice.] I had no desire to offend you, madame. Barbara. Your first supposition was correct. I am unmarried. Eccles. In either case, I am afraid I must require an explanation of your presence in Mr Philbert's dressing-room. Barbara. Are you Speaking as a moralist or as a man-servant? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.