MRS. HEYST. Well?
ELIS. The case is going to the superior court—and to gain time I've got to read all the minutes of the case.
MRS. HEYST. Well, that won't take you long.
ELIS [Pointing to the legal documents on the writing desk]. Oh, I thought that was all over with, and now I must weary myself by going through all that torture again—all the accusations, all the testimony and all the evidence, all over again!
MRS. HEYST. Yes, but the superior court will free him!
ELIS. No, mother, he has confessed.
MRS. HEYST. But there may be some mistakes in the trial which count. When I talked with our lawyer he said there might be some technical errors—I think that's what he called them.
ELIS. He said that to console you.
MRS. HEYST [Coldly]. Are you going out to dinner?
ELIS. No.