Voices. Oh! oh!
Chairman. Now, I ask you to listen, as quietly as you can, to a lady who is not accustomed to speaking—a—in Trafalgar Square—or a ... as a matter of fact, at all.
Voices. "A dumb lady." "Hooray!" "Three cheers for the dumb lady!"
Chairman. A lady who, as I've said, will tell you, if you'll behave yourselves, her impressions of the administration of police-court justice in this country.
(Jean looks wondering at Stonor's sphinx-like face as Vida Levering comes to the edge of the platform.)
Miss L. Mr. Chairman, men and women——
Voices (off). Speak up.
(She flushes, comes quite to the edge of the platform and raises her voice a little.)
Miss L. I just wanted to tell you that I was—I was—present in the police-court when the women were charged for creating a disturbance.