(Three weeks later)
The Austins' library; a warm, attractive room, with dark woodwork, and the walls hung in crimson brocade; Dutch marqueterie furniture; blue and white china on the mantel and tops of the book shelves; carbon photographs of pictures by Reynolds, Ronney, and Gainsborough on the wall. There is a double window at the back. A door at Right leads to the hall, and another on the Left side of the room leads to Jinny's own room. Mrs. Tillman sits at a pianola Right, playing "Tell me, Pretty Maiden"; she stops once in a while, showing that she is unaccustomed to the instrument. Jinny enters from Left, singing as her mother plays.
Jinny. Darling mother!
[She puts her arms about her and kisses her.
[They come away from the pianola together, to a big arm-chair.
Mrs. Tillman. I really must get one of those sewing-machine pianos for your father. I believe even he could play it, and it would be lots of amusement for us.
Jinny. Jack adores it; I gave it to him for an anniversary present.
Mrs. Tillman. What anniversary?
[Sitting in the chair.