Henry—We understand—you are about to be married.
Kate—To a supreme court judge—so I’m cleaning house.
John—[Standing with the photograph.] But it won’t be quite cleared out until this goes. [He takes it out of the frame and turning it over reads.] “Little John, God bless him.” [He turns it back.] God bless him. Well, just for that I’d like to keep it.
Kate—That’s my affair.
John—So I see. [He puts the photo in his blouse with the letters.]
Kate—Well, perhaps—well, you’re not so stupid after all—— Come, for the madonna give me back the letters—I’ll burn them I swear, and you can put the madonna at the foot of the bed.
John—I shan’t put it at the foot of the bed—I don’t look at the foot of the bed——
Henry and James—[Rising.] And now we shall go.
Kate—[Her hands to her head.] But, gentlemen, gentlemen——
Henry—We won’t need to bother you again. We are leaving the country and going elsewhere—and there was only one of us to whom you might have shown a little generosity—in other words we do not wish to be reminded, and now we can forget, and in time become quite hilarious——