Enter Mrs. Parbury from garden carrying the Colonel’s coffee cup and saucer.
—and so weak, and so kind, and so foolish.
[Mrs. Parbury has come down and is watching her unobserved. Miss Woodward slowly raises the photograph to her lips. The cup and saucer drop from Mrs. Parbury’s hand to the floor and are broken. Miss Woodward, much startled, slowly turns towards Mrs. Parbury, and their eyes meet. There is a pause. Suddenly, with a quick movement, Mrs. Parbury snatches the photograph from Miss Woodward.
Mrs. Parbury.
How dare you! How dare you! [Long pause. She is almost breathless. Then she partly regains self-control.] What train do you intend taking?
Miss Woodward.
[R.C.] I don’t understand you.
Mrs. Parbury.
I mean for your home, of course.