This play revolves around a gas man leaving a bomb in the wine cellar of the house he serviced. He brags about it to his old mother drinking the wine he stole from the family's basement. Galsworthy's works dealt with social class, upper-middle class lives in particular. Although constantly sympathetic to his characters, he exposes their snobbish, somewhat greedy attitudes and suffocating moral codes.
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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.
