Dunn. (goes down L.) She conceals nothing. She’s altogether too guileless for this nineteenth century.
Enter Helen and Hattie from dining-room R. I. E.
Car. Sister Niobe! (embracing her and putting her over C.) Helen! (crosses to Helen) We have wronged Peter; we are to blame. She is his sister.
Hel. (severely) Sister!
Hat. Peter’s Sister!
(together)
Car. And if we had not kept her a stranger to our circle, her coming would not have caused all this anxiety.
Hel. (nastily spoken) I always said, if she came there would be trouble.
Hat. (crosses to Niobe, R. C.) Peter’s sister. Well, you’re not a bit like him. You’re altogether too scrumptious for anything.
Nio. (C.) Though I am ignorant of what “scrumptious” means, your manner tells me it is something good.