PEGGY.
"Reginald Percy Paulover!"
DINAH.
Read it, read it! [Peggy sits on the sofa, the three girls clustering round her; Dinah kneeling at her feet expectantly.]
PEGGY.
[Reading.] "Montpelier Square, West Brompton. Dear Miss Hesslerigge, Heaven will reward you. The letter wrapped round a stone which you threw me last night from an upper window of Volumnia House was handed to me after I had compensated the person upon whose head it unfortunately alighted. The news that Dinah has one friend in Volumnia House enabled me to get a little rest between half-past five and six this morning."
GWENDOLINE.
One friend!
ERMYNTRUDE.
What about us? [Dinah kisses them.]