in this lesson the dear departed mr henry had sent the message of mr abels death to elizabeth family. after sometime mrs. elizabeth came to mrs slaters house.
Now, write a brief conservation between the teo sisters and Jordan
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The story of the play begins with Mrs. Slater telling her ten years old daughter, Victoria, to go upstairs and put on her white frock with a black sash. Her husband Henry Slater comes home after sending a telegram to his sister-in-law, Elizabeth, and her husband Jordan to come to talk over Grandpa’s affairs who is presumably dead. Henry wonders if they would come because Elizabeth has said she would never set foot in their house again. But Mrs. Slater says she will come. She asks her husband to wear Grandpa’s new slippers and proposes Henry to replace their shabby chest of drawers with the valuable bureaus of Grandpa. After some hesitation he agrees. Mrs. Slater fastens the front door and they carry the old chest of drawers upstairs. Mrs. Slater tells her daughter not to open the door till they come down.
. Mrs. Slater pokes him with her hand to see if he is solid. Only Victoria is glad that he is not dead. She snatches the slippers from her husband and gives them to Grandpa. Abel Merryweather asks them why they are in mourning clothes. Mrs. Slater invents an excuse and tells that Ben’s brother has died and they are going to his funeral.