Jessica. What can we do? What can we do?
Warden. I'll get Mr. Mason; he's with your mother; he must go back to town at once.
[Going to the house.
Jessica. He can go with me; I'd better be at the house. Some one must be there.
Warden. Good!
[He goes into the house.
[Miss Godesby and her brother ignore and apparently forget the presence of Jessica in their excitement. They both speak and move excitedly.
Miss Godesby. I ought to have suspected something when Sterling told me he was getting ten per cent for my money,—the blackguard!
Godesby. I always told you you were a fool not to take care of your money yourself! You know more about business than most men.
Miss Godesby. I didn't want to be bothered; besides, there was always something very attractive about Sterling. I don't mind telling you that if he had fallen in love with me instead of the stiff-necked woman he married, I'd have tumbled over myself to get him.