(MAGGIE enters with VICKEY and ALICE in outdoor clothes.)
MAGGIE. Have you broken anything yet, Albert?
ALBERT (indignantly). Broken? No. (Takes cup from tray and wipes it.)
MAGGIE. Too slow to, I expect.
FREDDY. I must say you don't show much gratitude.
ALBERT. Aren't you at all surprised to find us doing this?
MAGGIE. Surprised? I told you to do it.
FREDDY. Yes, but—(Takes tray up stage, L.)
MAGGIE (taking towel from him). You can stop now. I'll finish when you're gone. (Moves down R.)
(Knock at door upstairs, R.)