Mrs. Hunter and Clara. Good-by!
[Miss Sillerton and Miss Godesby go out Left, followed by Trotter, who has joined in all the good-bys, and upon whom Clara has more or less continuously kept her "weather eye."
Mrs. Hunter. I'm perfectly sure if I'd stuck to three hundred, Julia Godesby would have sent around when she got home and paid it!
Clara. I'm glad you didn't run the risk though, for we'll need every cent we can get now.
[She runs her fingers rapidly over the piano keys.
[Blanche reënters Right.
Mrs. Hunter. Why, I thought you'd gone long ago.
Blanche. Jess begged me to stay with her. Try to understand her, mother; I think she will miss father more than any of us.
[Jordan enters Left.
Jordan. Mr. Warden has come back, madam.