Of course, of course; I would never travel without him. But you’re all looking so dismal—and sitting here in this twilight, sewing at something white. There hasn’t been a death in the family?
Rörlund.
This is a meeting, Miss Hessel, of the Society for the Moral Regeneration of the Lapsed and Lost.
Lona.
[Half to herself.] What? These nice-looking, well-behaved ladies, can they be——?
Mrs. Rummel.
Oh, this is too much——!
Lona.
Ah, I see, I see! Why, good gracious, that’s Mrs. Rummel I And there sits Mrs. Holt too! Well, we three haven’t grown younger since last we met. But listen now, good people: let the Lapsed and Lost wait for one day; they’ll be none the worse for it. On a joyful occasion like this——
Rörlund.