No, that you're not, Dinah. Listen to me! Miss Dyott is going out of town to-day, and I'm left in charge. I'm a poor governess, but playing jailer over bleeding hearts is not in my articles, and if your husband comes to Volumnia House and demands his wife, he doesn't go away without you—does he, young ladies?
GWENDOLINE AND ERMYNTRUDE AND PEGGY.
No. We will do as we would be done by—won't we?
GWENDOLINE AND ERMYNTRUDE.
Yes! [The street-door bell is heard, the girls cling to each other.]
PEGGY, ERMYNTRUDE AND GWENDOLINE.
[In a whisper.] Oh!
DINAH.
[Trembling.] Miss Dyott! [Tyler is seen crossing the hall. Peggy runs to the window, and looks out.]