Florence Roberts and Co.

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This sketch entitled “The Woman Intervenes” was twenty minutes long. The sketch opens with a man named Paul Winthrope (Charles Wyngate), who forgets to lock his writing desk as he runs to try and catch a train. When he returns after missing his train, he sees “The Woman” (Florence Roberts), who he loved ten years ago. She warns him to stay away from her friend Mrs. Col. Brent because her husband the Colonel is a fighting man who will kill him. She brandishes a miniature photograph of her friend that she found in Paul’s unlocked desk as evidence. The Colonel arrives and threatens to blow Paul’s head off, but “The Woman” intervenes and tells him that she is engaged to Paul and that he visited his wife upon her instruction. She insists that the miniature photograph of his wife is actually hers. The Colonel believes her and exits.

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