Dunn. (turning fiercely) Letting me down easy!
Corn. (C.) Why certainly! Being, so to say, sullied with my smaller vices has served to break your fall, hasn’t it? If you had possessed a spotless reputation, the effect of your colossal villainy now would be paralyzing.
Dunn. (aghast) My colossal villainy!
Corn. It’s bad enough as it is. Carrie has washed her hands of you; they are preparing to depart.
Dunn. Preparing to depart! What for?
Corn. (R. C.) What for? You must see that I cannot allow my sisters to remain longer under your roof. (turns from Dunn)
Dunn. Then take ’em away; you can take Helen away, and Hattie too, I can even spare Hattie, but Carrie ceased to be your sister when she became my wife; she is going to remain. (goes to low chair L., is about to sit)
Corn. (C.) There! I said you’d be agreeable to that. My argument was, that if somebody must go, it would be better for you to get out.
Dunn. Better—for me to get out!
Corn. Yes! You have only one trunk to pack! The girls have two each, and I have another, that’s seven.