ALICK. Havers.
DAVID. Havers.
JAMES. Havers.
JOHN. It’s a very fine shawl.
[He should not have spoken, for he has set JAMES’S volatile mind working.]
JAMES. You may say so. What did you give her, Mr. Shand?
JOHN [suddenly deserted by God and man]. Me?
ALICK. Yes, yes, let’s see it.
JOHN. Oh—I—
[He is not deserted by MAGGIE, but she can think of no way out.]