Dunn. You could have had it any time for the asking.
Hel. Where is her note?
Dunn. There’s no occasion to put on that tragedy queen expression. Here it is—(selects and gives letter.)
Hel. (crosses L. as she reads) Madeline Mifton, care of Mrs. Miller, Barton street.
Hat. Did she seem a jolly sort of girl?
Hel. (turning L. corner) She’s not engaged to be jolly!
Hattie with toss of her head, goes up R.
Dunn. She appeared to me an agreeable kind of person, and the people at Chester, where she was living, spoke very well of her.
Car. (arm in Dunn’s) I hope she will be good to the children.