SCENE II

(Ruth seated with raffia work, enter other girls laughing.)

Kitty. Oh Ruth what do you suppose has happened?

Hope. Oh I couldn’t keep my face straight.

Hilda. It was perfectly awful.

Hope. I was scared.

Kitty. Scared nothing. The water was only a foot deep.

Ruth. Well won’t you tell a person what’s happened?

Hilda. Mercy Ruth didn’t you hear the screams yourself?

Kitty. Where were your ears?