JUDITH. Of course, I will.
[ALICE sits down on the sofa.
JUDITH. [Remains standing] But tell me quickly what you want to say. I don't like long lectures.
ALICE. Lectures? Well, then—put up your hair and put on a long dress.
JUDITH. Why?
ALICE. Because you are no longer a child. And you are young enough to need no coquetry about your age.
JUDITH. What does that mean?
ALICE. That you have reached marriageable age. And your way of dressing is causing scandal.
JUDITH. Then I shall do what you say.
ALICE. You have understood then?