The Foundations

Publisher Marketing: Excerpt from The Foundations: An Extravagant Play Lord William Dromondy's mansion in Park Lane. Eight o'clock of the evening. Little Anne Dromondy and the large footman, James, gaunt and grim, discovered in the wine cellar, by light of gas. James, in plush breeches, is selecting wine. L. Anne. James, are you really James? James. No, my proper name's John. L. Anne. Oh! [A pause] And is Charles's an improper name too? James. His proper name's Mark. L. Anne. Then is Thomas Matthew? James. Miss Anne, stand clear o' that bin. You'll put your foot through one o' those 'ock bottles. L. Anne. No, but James - Henry might be Luke, really? James. Now shut it, Miss Anne! L. Anne. Who gave you those names? Not your godfathers and godmothers? James. Poulder. Butlers think they're the Almighty. [Gloomily] But his name's Bartholomew. L. Anne. Bartholomew Poulder? It's rather jolly. James. It's hidjeous. L. Anne. Which do you like to be called - John or James? 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. Contributor Bio:  Galsworthy, John, Sir John Galsworthy was a Nobel-Prize (1932) winning English dramatist, novelist, and poet born to an upper-middle class family in Surrey, England. He attended Harrow and trained as a barrister at New College, Oxford. Although called to the bar in 1890, rather than practise law, Galsworthy travelled extensively and began to write. It was as a playwright Galsworthy had his first success. His playslike his most famous work, the series of novels comprising The Forsyte Sagadealt primarily with class and the social issues of the day, and he was especially harsh on the class from which he himself came.