Georgiana. What's that?
Mrs. Carley. A newsboy with an extra.
[Man's voice outside, "Extra—Extra—Terrible"—the rest is still indistinct. Louise enters, beautifully dressed.
Bella. Oh!
Georgiana. Lovely, Louise!
Louise. I've got a splitting headache. [Man's voice outside, "Extra—Extra."] What can the extra be? [Enter Steven.] Steve, do you know what the extra is?
Steven. Oh, they're never anything you know.
[In distance are heard several voices at once at
different distances, all calling, "Extra—Extra—Terrible"—etc.
Mrs. Carley. Yes, they're always so disappointing, generally a railway accident out west! or a bomb thrown in Europe. Are you ready, Georgiana?