Ethel

I wonder if the maid has forgotten, too.

Mrs. Benson

My goodness, what if she has forgotten! You be straightening the room—I’ll go and see her.

Exit Mrs. Benson. Enter butler.

Walter

Sorry, I’m so long, Miss Ethel.

Ethel

You don’t look so very long to me. Fix the fire and see that everything is ready for company, the Asterbilts are coming.

Walter