Your note seemed so extraordinarily urgent—
PIKE
It had to be. Some folks who want to see me are coming here, and I want you to see them—here. They'd stopped you from coming if they could.
ETHEL
[holding herself very straight in her chair]
There was no effort to prevent me.
PIKE
No; I didn't give 'em time.
ETHEL
May I ask to whom you refer?