FEN. What else?

Postman’s knock.

CHARLEY. There’s the postman. Wait a bit.

He goes out R. and the voices in the other room can be distinctly heard laughing, while someone is playing a waltz tune very brilliantly.

CHARLEY comes back with a letter in his hand, closes door and music dies down.

CHARLEY. Here it is. [He opens and reads it, then throws it on the table.]

FENWICK. A bit of a blow, isn’t it?

CHARLEY. I didn’t expect it. Did you?

FENWICK. Not until last week when Morgan started making enquiries as to salaries, et cetera. Then I guessed.