[Outside.] Pray hear two wretched men! Miss Jedd!

Salome.

[In a whisper.] There they are.

Sheba.

Shall we grant them a dignified interview?

Salome.

Yes. Curl your lip, Sheba.

Sheba.

You curl your lip better than I—I’ll dilate my nostrils.

[Salome draws aside the curtain. Tarver and Darbey enter. They are both very badly and shabbily dressed as Cavaliers.