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(The curtains go up, there are Maria and the housekeeper)
· Maria: Hello! Here I am. I have been sent from the monastery, captain. My name is Maria.
· Housekeeper: And my name is France. And I am a housekeeper.
· Maria: Oh! Hi, then! So, where is the captain?
· Housekeeper: Wait a minute, please!
(The captain comes into the room; they examine each other)
· Captain: Why are you looking at me in such a way?
· Maria: There is nothing of a captain in you!
· Captain: I am afraid you don’t look like a governess either. Turn around, please!
· Maria: What?!
· Captain: Take your hat off… What a dress! And now, before meet my children you have to change your dress.
· Maria: But I have no other dress: entering the monastery we give all our clothes to poor people.
· Captain: And what about this one, you are wearing?
· Maria: The poor didn’t want this one. But if I had a free time I would make another one. I can make my own clothes.
· Captain: Well, I will care you receive the cloth immediately. And now, miss …
· Maria: Maria.
· Captain: Miss Maria, I don’t know what the abbess told you…
· Maria: Not much…Nothing at all.
· Captain: You are the 12th in the list of those of governess which tried to look after my children after their mother. I trust you’ll do your best or at least better than the previous one: she stayed only 2 hours.
· Maria: What is wrong with your children?
· Captain: With my children? Nothing. All problems are connected with governess. They couldn’t hold the discipline. And it is impossible without it. Remember that.
· Maria: Yes, sir!
· Captain: Every morning you will work with the children according to the programme I will make. I won’t let them idle during summer holidays. Every day they have to march in the park without any exception…
· Maria: I am sorry, captain. But…when do they play?
· Captain: In any case, their behaviour must be perfect. I charge you to command my children!
· Maria: Yes, sir!
(With accompaniment of a whistle children march into the room)
· Captain: Attention! This is your new governess, Miss Maria. When you hear your signal, make a step ahead and call your name. And you…listen to signals carefully and try to remember them and not to mix up in future.
(there is a signal for each of the children – one makes a step ahead keeping hands behind one’s back, there is an empty place in the line; Martha comes reading a book, noticing her father she gives him the book and he kicks her with it; she stands in a row)
· …: Lisle.
· …: Fredric.
· …: Louisa.
· …: Clara.
· …: Brigit.
· …: Martha.
· …: …
· Captain: And Greta. Now let’s check up if you were attentive.
· Maria: No, no, I won’t need a whistle. I’ll call each of them by name: they are so beautiful.
· Captain: Miss Maria, it’s a big house and there is a huge park around it and I can’t stand someone’s shouts. Please, take this whistle and learn how to operate it. Children will help you. When I need you, you’ll hear this…
· Maria: I’m sorry, captain, but I can’t answer on a whistle. A whistle is for dogs, cats and other animals, but not for children…and definitely not for me. It would be too humiliating.
· Captain: Were there so many troubles from you in the monastery?
· Maria: No, sir… much more.
(The captain is going to leave, Maria stops him with a whistle signal)
· Maria: But, sir,… I don’t know your signal!
· Captain: You can call me “captain”.
(The curtains go down)
· Maria: At ease! Now when we are alone, please, call your name once more and tell me how old you are.
· Lisle: I am Lisle, I’m 16 and I don’t need the governess.
· Maria: I am glad you told me about that, Lisle. I will try to become a good friend for you.
· Fredric: My name is Fredric and I’m 14; I am impossible.
· Maria: Really? Who told you that?
· Fredric: Misses Josephine.
(Fredric is trying to put a rat into Maria’s pocket, he succeeded)
· Louisa: I am Brigit. And I like dancing.
· Maria: You didn’t tell me your age, Louisa.
· Brigit: I am Brigit, she is Louisa, she’s 13 and I am10. You are smart and I have never seen an uglier dress than yours.
· Clara: Brigit, you are wrong.
· Brigit: Why? Don’t you think it’s horrible?
· Clara: Of course, it is! But Miss Handy had worse. I am Clara, I am 11.
· Martha: My name is Martha. I will be 7 on Tuesday. I would like to receive a pink umbrella as a birthday present.
· Maria: Pink is my favourite colour, too. … Yes, you are Greta… and you are 5. The real lady.
· Housekeeper: Well, children. Now go for a walk in the park, it’s your father’s order… I show you your room.
· Maria: Poor dears!!!
(Maria puts her hands into the pocket, finds a rat, screams and throws it on the floor)
· Housekeeper: You are lucky! Miss Handy was put a snake!
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