SOPHIE. How did you enjoy the play the other night, Mr. Van Tousel? Did I not usher you in beautifully? Don’t you think women ushers beat the men?
MR. VAN TOUSEL. You were certainly very attentive, Miss Slavinsky.
SOPHIE. Come again, Mr. Van Tousel, and let me usher you again to your seat. It is nice to care for a real gentleman who neither jollies one nor finds faults about trifles. Remember the centre aisle.
(Re-enter MRS. TILSBURY.)
MRS. TILSBURY. Mildred is back. She is completely exhausted and is lying down. It seems she found the banner too heavy for her. A strange man did see her home. Here is his card: “Mr. Edward Melvin, Harmony Club.”
MRS. THOM. What a narrow escape for her.
SOPHIE. We might never have heard of her again.
MRS. BROWN. You forget your number, Miss Slavinsky.
MRS. TILSBURY. I cannot think what got into Mildred. She is usually so diffident with strangers. She wants to see you, Mrs. Thom; you too, Miss Slavinksy. Will you come up to her room? (She starts to leave the room but is stopped by VAN TOUSEL.)