Mrs. Hunter. Take this too, Tompson.
Tompson. Yes, madam.
[Mrs. Hunter speaks to Tompson, aside, and Clara, near them, watches the two visitors out of the corner of her eye.
Miss Godesby. [Aside to Miss Sillerton.] I'll leave my muff; that'll be a good excuse to come back.
Trotter. [Also in a lowered voice to Miss Godesby.] Dodo!
[Tompson goes out Right.
[Mrs. Hunter and Clara come back.
Miss Godesby. You really couldn't take less than three hundred?
Mrs. Hunter. I wish I could if only for your own sake; but I really couldn't in justice to myself.
Miss Godesby. I'm very sorry—and I'm afraid we must be going now.