BRUNO
'Tain't the manager, Jette! More like it's a spout what's drippin'!
MRS. JOHN
Miss, you be so kind an' go for two minutes, if you don' mind, up into this here loft. Maybe somebody's comin' that just wants some information.
In her growing terror PAULINE does as she is asked to do. She clambers up the stairs to the loft, the trap door being open. MRS. JOHN has taken up a position in which she can, at need, hide PAULINE from anyone entering the room. PAULINE disappears: MRS. JOHN and BRUNO remain alone.
BRUNO
What business has you with that pious mug?
MRS. JOHN
That ain't none o' your business, y'understan'?