FOSTER. And where would you run to?

MAGGIE. Perhaps if I’d known where to run to—I should have gone before.

FOSTER. Dearest, don’t talk like that!

MAGGIE. [turning away a little.] But I don’t! I’m safe!

MASSEY is heard outside the door, coughing and making a noise. Enters.

I’m afraid you’ve caught a cold in the kitchen, Daddy. I thought you went for the “Argus”?

MASSEY. So I did. [He looks down at it.]

MAGGIE. And you’ve brought the “Family Herald.” [She takes it from him.]

Enter MRS. MASSEY, CHARLEY, LILY, PERCY and SYBIL.

MRS. M. Play something, Lily.