WILLIE. Sit down, Mr. Hobson.
MAGGIE. You call him father now.
WILLIE (astonished). Do I?
HOBSON. Does he?
MAGGIE. He does. Sit down, Will.
(WILL sits right of table. MAGGIE stands at the head of the table. HOBSON sits on sofa.)
Now, if you're ready, father, we are. What's the matter?
HOBSON. That—(producing the blue paper)—that's the matter.
(MAGGIE accepts and passes it to WILL and goes behind his chair. He is reading upside down. She bends over chair and turns it right way up.)
MAGGIE. What is it, Will?