MRS. HOLROYD

I think nothing at all.

CLARA (bubbling)

So you fix your thoughts elsewhere, do you? (Suddenly changing to seriousness) No, but I have been awful to-night.

MRS. HOLROYD (contralto, emphatic)

I don't want to know anything about you. I shall be glad when you'll go.

CLARA

Turning-out time, Laura.

LAURA (turtling)

I'm sorry, I'm sure.