Goes L. and around table.
Dunn. (up C.) I suppose as Statues go, it is very well turned out.
Swings back fold of screen, showing Statue of Niobe; Dunn is now R., holding back two folds of screen; red glow from fire.
Tomp. (L. C. behind table) Lovely! What exquisite moulding—That knee especially!
Sill. (curiously) What’s she supposed to be doing?
Tomp. (back of table) Weeping! You know the story of Niobe. The gods wearied of her incessant tears: turned her into stone.
Dunn. She’d make an elegant ornament for a family vault.
Tomp. Sillocks! I would not take ten thousand pounds for that Statue.
Dunn. Sillocks won’t tempt you!