James—No, we have the clever ones.

Kate—Mine?

John and Henry—[Nodding.] Exactly.

Kate—Oh!

John—You suffer?

Kate—From time to time—there’s always a reaction.

Henry—That’s vulgar, isn’t it?

Kate—Not unusually.

John—The letters?

Kate—[To herself.] Well, there is malice in me—what of it? We’ve all been a while with the dogs, we don’t all learn to bark.