[Gently.] Am I called?

O'Dwyer.

[Instantly calm.] You are, darlin'. [O'Dwyer takes his place at the prompt-table, book in hand. Imogen and Rose stand together in the center. The other members of the company come from the Greenroom and stand in the wings, watching the rehearsal.] Now then! [Reading from the manuscript.] "At the opening of the play Peggy and Dora are discovered——" Who's Peggy? [Excitedly.]

Where's Peggy? Am I to——?

Imogen.

Here I am! here I am! I am Peggy.

O'Dwyer.

[Calm.] Of course ye are, lovey—ma'am, I should say——

Imogen.

Yes, you should.