MASSEY. Had a tiff?

CHARLEY. A tiff—we don’t tiff.

MASSEY. Well, then, don’t shout at her like that. [To SYBIL.] Here—are you sure she was crying?

SYBIL. Yes, quite.

MASSEY. That’s queer. She didn’t use to.

CHARLEY. She’s been worrying, I expect. Women worry so quick.

MASSEY. What’s she got to worry about? A bit hysterical, perhaps.

Re-enter MRS. MASSEY.

MASSEY. Is she better?

MRS. M. She’s got a headache, she says. But it isn’t that; I know what’s the matter. When she came to-day she could hardly speak—