CINDERELLA (artfully). I wonder how that can be!
POLICEMAN. Did you get my letter, Jane?
CINDERELLA (calmly). I got it—
POLICEMAN. Did you—did you think it was a peculiar sort of a letter?
CINDERELLA (mercilessly). I don’t mind nothing peculiar in it.
POLICEMAN. There was no word in it that took you aback, was there?
CINDERELLA. Not that I mind of.
POLICEMAN (worried). Maybe you didn’t read it very careful?
CINDERELLA. I may have missed something. What was the word, David?
POLICEMAN (in gloom). Oh, it was just a small affair. It was just a beginning. I thought, if she stands that she’ll stand more. But if you never noticed it—(He sighs profoundly.)