(What she is we don't learn, as VICKEY enters effectively and goes effusively to HOBSON, R. ALICE moves round to L.)
VICKEY. Father, you're ill! (Embracing him.)
HOBSON. Vickey! My baby! At last I find a daughter who cares for me.
VICKEY. Of course I care. Don't the others? (Releasing herself from his grasp.)
HOBSON. You will live with me, Vickey, won't you?
VICKEY. What? (She stands away from him.)
MAGGIE. One of us is needed to look after him.
VICKEY. Oh, but it can't be me. In my circumstances, Maggie!
MAGGIE. What circumstances?
ALICE. Don't you know?