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Well , sir , the scene opened something like this , '' said Sol professionally . `` Curtain rises on me and Mrs. Sol . Domestic interior : practicable chairs , table , books , newspapers . Enter Dr. Duchesne , -- eccentric character part , very popular with the boys , -- tells off-hand affecting story of strange woman -- one ` more unfortunate ' -- having baby in Eagle 's Nest , lonely place on ` peaks of Snowdon , ' midnight ; eagles screaming , you know , and far down unfathomable depths ; only attendant , cold-blooded ruffian , evidently father of child , with sinister designs on child and mother . '' `` He did n't say THAT ! '' said Rand , with an agonized smile . `` Order !