MAGGIE. I’ve come to help Mr. Tennant off, Lil. Where’s Charley? Is he up?
LILY. Oh, yes. [MAGGIE goes to the garden door and stands looking out.] He’s been up a long while.
MAGGIE. So the great day has come. [Turning.] Is Charley going, or isn’t he, Lil?
LILY. [nervously and avoiding MAGGIE’S eyes.] No, of course not.
MAGGIE. Why not?
LILY. Because—why, how can he? [Tearfully.] Don’t speak in that tone, Maggie.
MAGGIE. He would have decided to go, if you had encouraged him.
LILY. I did encourage him. You heard me last night. I told him—and I told him again after we got home—“If you want to go, I’ll never stand in your way.”
MAGGIE. Yes, I heard. Is that how you told him last night?
LILY. It doesn’t matter how I said it. He’ll get over it. Everybody says he will—except you. And how could he go? It’s just an idea he’s got over Mr. Tennant.