Paula.
[Wiping her eyes] I'm a little shaky; I haven't been sleeping. It's all right,—talk to me.
Ellean.
There is something I want to tell you——
Paula.
Is there—is there?
[They sit together on the ottoman, Paula taking Ellean's hand.
Ellean.
Paula, in our house in the Avenue de Friedland, on the floor below us, there was a Mrs. Brereton. She used to be a friend of my mother's. Mrs. Cortelyon and I spent a great deal of our time with her.
Paula.