Ginevra would have known that it must be the husband, but for the moment Amy is appalled.
AMY, quivering, ‘Can he suspect!’
RICHARDSON, who has her own troubles, ‘About the chop?’
AMY. ‘If she should come while he is here!’
RICHARDSON. ‘Come along, Miss. What’s the matter?’
AMY. ‘I can’t go away. I am not going.’
She darts into the cupboard. It is as if she had heard Ginevra cry, ‘Amy, the cupboard.’
RICHARDSON, tugging at the closed door, ‘Come out of that. I promised to put you on the upper landing. You can’t go hiding in there, lady.’
AMY, peeping out, ‘I can and I will. Let go the door. I came here expecting to have to hide.’
She closes the door as her father enters with Steve. The Colonel is chatting, but his host sees that Richardson is in distress.