TUBBY. Yes, Miss Maggie? (He stands half out of trap, not coming right up.)
MRS. HEPWORTH. Man, did you make these boots? (She rises and advances one pace towards him.)
TUBBY. No, ma'am.
MRS. HEPWORTH. Then who did? Am I to question every soul in the place before I find out? (Looking round.)
TUBBY. They're Willie's making, those.
MRS. HEPWORTH. Then tell Willie I want him.
TUBBY. Certainly, ma'am. (He goes down trap and calls "Willie!")
MRS. HEPWORTH. Who's Willie?
HOBSON. Name of Mossop, madam. But if there is anything wrong I assure you I'm capable of making the man suffer for it. I'll—
(WILLIE MOSSOP comes up trap. He is a lanky fellow, about thirty, not naturally stupid but stunted mentally by a brutalized childhood. He is a raw material of a charming man, but, at present, it requires a very keen eye to detect his potentialities. His clothes are an even poorer edition of TUBBY'S. He comes half-way up trap.)