OLD LADY. It seemed as if one of the starlings had been speaking.
JUDGE. [Pulling down the remaining shade] Now the sun is here, and a while ago it seemed to be over there.
OLD LADY. [To AMELIA] Who was it that spoke?
AMELIA. I think it was that strange school-teacher with the red muffler.
JUDGE. Ugh! Let us talk of something else.
SERVANT GIRL. [Enters] Dinner is served.
[She goes out; a pause follows.
OLD LADY. You go down and eat, Amelia.
AMELIA. Thank you, mother. [She goes out.
The JUDGE sits down on a chair close to one of the chests.