Mrs. Parbury.
Oh, I can promise you that. [She calls into the garden.] Clement!
[Exit Mrs. Parbury to garden, R.
[Miss Woodward throws a hard look after her. Then her eyes fall on the broken cup and saucer. She stoops, collects the fragments, and puts them in waste-paper basket. Then she goes to desk, sits and works on proof sheets as before.
Enter Mr. and Mrs. Parbury, R.
Parbury.
Working again, Miss Woodward! Really, you are indefatigable!
Miss Woodward.
I’m only correcting these proof sheets.
Mrs. Parbury.