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.]