BELSIZE (quickly): Well, anyway … Mrs. Chalfont left the Tallboys last Friday afternoon, without a hat, went for a walk through the woods in this direction, and has never been seen since.
He makes his effect.
MRS. BRAMSON: I expect she was so drunk she fell flat and never came to.
BELSIZE: We've had the woods pretty well thrashed. (To OLIVIA) Those would be the men you saw. Now she was … HUBERT (taking the floor): She may have had a brain-storm, you know, and taken a train somewhere. That's not uncommon, you know, among people of her sort. (Airing knowledge) And if what we gather from our friend here's true—and she's both a dipsomaniac and a nymphomaniac—
MRS. BRAMSON: Hark at the walking dictionary!
BELSIZE: We found her bag in her room; and maniacs can't get far without cash … however dipso or nympho they may be….
HUBERT: Oh.
BELSIZE: She was a very flashy type of wo—she is a flashy type,
I should say. At least I hope I should say …
MRS. BRAMSON: What d'you mean? Why d'you hope?
BELSIZE: Well …