Corn. You take a remarkable interest in this woman.
Dunn. The interest one naturally feels for the unprotected. She is an Orphan; of long standing; she is misjudged and suffering an injustice.
Corney goes up to window L.
Mift. (R. C.) You are strangely blind to my grievances, Mr. Dunn. You engaged me as Governess, and I came here to teach your children.
Dunn. (C.) No! No! Let us be correct. You came here to hunt down the gay deceiver—(indicating Corney, who comes quickly down to him C.) who trifled with the young affections of a confiding Mifton.
Corn. (aside to Dunn) Don’t be a fool Peter; she’ll put up the damages, a couple of thousand, on a remark like that. (aloud) What reason have you to suppose—who could have told you such was the object of the lady’s visit?
Dunn. (C.) You told me yourself, and asked me to speak to Miss Mifton.
Corn. (L. C.) Not that one!
Dunn. But you meant that one. Why, the other hasn’t had a sister for years and years. And it’s the sister you had broken off with. (goes up and unties parcel at cabinet R.)