He hurries to the medicine cupboard and pours medicine into a spoon. HUBERT comes in from the front door.
HUBERT (eagerly): Have you heard?
MRS. BRAMSON (eagerly): What?
HUBERT: Dora's found a belt!
MRS. BRAMSON (disappointed again): Oh … it was Olivia's.
HUBERT: I say, what a shame!…
MRS. BRAMSON: Tch, tch!… All this sensation-mong——
DAN drowns her speech by deftly pouring the spoonful of medicine down her throat. He pushes her chocolate-box towards her, and strides briskly into the hall.
Horrid….
DAN (taking a soft hat from the rack and putting it on): Good for you, though, the way you are….