BETTY And a strange man desires to see you, ma'am. I do not half like his looks.
MISS FLYN
Shew him in.
(Exit Betty, and returns—with a Police Officer. Betty goes out.)
OFFICER
Your servant, ma'am. Your name is——
MISS FLYN
Flyn, sir. Your business with me?
OFFICER (Alternately surveying the lady and his paper of instructions.) Marian Flint.
MISS FLYN
Maria Flyn.
OFFICER Aye, aye, Flyn or Flint. 'Tis all one. Some write plain Mary, and some put ann after it. I come about a casket.
MISS FLYN I guess the whole business. He takes me for my friend. Something may come out of this. I will humour him.
OFFICER (Aside)—Answers the description to a tittle. "Soft, grey eyes, pale complexion,"——