Mrs. Ritter and Mrs. Pampinelli, together.
Mrs. Ritter. [To Ritter] I could remember them on the stage! [Turning to Mrs. Pampinelli] I never missed one line!
Mrs. Pampinelli. [To Ritter] They could remember them on the stage!
Mrs. Pampinelli. [To Mrs. Ritter] Not a line.
Ritter. She and that other woman sat there blinking at the audience like a couple of sparrow-hawks.
Mrs. Pampinelli. They did nothing of the kind.
Mrs. Fell. Of course they didn’t!
Ritter. [Speaking directly to Mrs. Fell] How do you know? You weren’t out there.
Mrs. Fell. I could see them through the scenery, couldn’t I? And they didn’t look anything like a couple of sparrow-hawks,—as you say.
Mrs. Pampinelli. [Contemptuously] Well, as I have never seen a couple of sparrow-hawks, I cannot appreciate the comparison.
Ritter. Well, you’d have seen a couple tonight, if you’d been with me.