WILL. [His manner changing to one of cold, stolid calculation.] Very well. [Comes down off step of house.
LAURA. Will.
WILL. Yes?
LAURA. I'm going home day after to-morrow on the Overland Limited.
WILL. I know.
LAURA. It's awfully kind of you to come out here, but under the circumstances I'd rather you'd take an earlier or a later train.
WILL. And may I ask what circumstances you refer to?
LAURA. Mr. Madison and I are going to be married. [Pause.] He [Will looks inquiringly at JOHN.] knows of your former friendship for me, and he has the idea that it must end.
WILL. Then the Riverside Drive proposition, with Burgess's show thrown in, is declared off, eh?
LAURA. Yes; everything is absolutely declared off.