MARIANO
Miss Granger-Seempson!
[Exit.]
PIKE
All right, Mariano!
[ETHEL enters haughtily.]
I'm much obliged to you for taking my note the right way. I've got some pretty good reasons for not leaving this room.[pg 139]
[She is icy in manner, but her hands fidget with the note he has sent her, crumpling it up.]
ETHEL
[sitting]