Would you be good enough to tell me, did he leave here to go to his room?
MRS. CURTIS (casually)
I don’t think so; he didn’t say so. (She gives them a little nod, smiling politely, and goes out at the left. They stare after her.)
JESSIE (still staring after Mrs. Curtis)
She’s a very bold type.
MRS. BRIGGS (seating herself on the settee)
Very.
JESSIE (turning to her)
I don’t see how that little goose got away. You were coming from that direction and I from just yonder. I suppose he thought we’d say something that would embarrass him before her.
MRS. BRIGGS