(READY Doorbell.)
Evelyn. Then she wasn't happy. Now she is.
Madge. And when she is, this blow falls without even a telegram to break the force of it.
Phyllis. It is too horrible. Nothing but an announcement in the Times sent by post.
(Note: The voices in each succeeding line should descend in scale.)
Madge. On October the 11th----
Tarver. Of wounds----
Faraday. At Berbera----
Evelyn. Somaliland----
Grice. Colonel Smith----