“Yes, mum.”
“Are the young ladies coming down?”
“They went out for a walk nearly an hour ago, mum.”
“Dear me! and such a damp morning, too! Did they take their waterproofs?”
“Please, ’m, I didn’t see them go.”
“Look if they’re hanging in the hall, Edward.”
“Yes, mum.”
Edward walked stiffly out, closed the door, “made a face” at it, and returned at the end of a minute.
“Waterproofs hanging on the pegs, mum.”
“Dear, dear, dear, dear! Then of course they put on their goloshes! Go and see if they’re in the lobby, Edward.”