Have you just been sitting here alone?
JESSIE
Mrs. Curtis came back a minute ago looking for the child.
MRS. BRIGGS
Yes; I saw her. Wasn’t anyone else—
JESSIE (carelessly)
Oh, yes; that Mr. Ingoldsby was here, too.
MRS. BRIGGS
He was? (She looks at her watch and then toward the corridor on the left.) You told me you were very tired and were going straight to your room.
JESSIE (casually)