Don't cry, Dinah! [They all try to console her.]
DINAH.
Mamma, who is very delicate, went into violent hysterics and tore at the hearthrug with her teeth. But a day or two afterwards she grew a little calmer, and promised to write to Papa, who was with his ship at Malta.
PEGGY.
And did she?
DINAH.
Yes. Papa, you know, is Admiral Rankling. His ship, the "Pandora," has never run into anything, and so Papa is a very distinguished man.
GWENDOLINE.
And what was his answer?