SYBIL [whose voice is smaller than we had thought]. What are you to do?
[It is to MAGGIE she is speaking.]
DAVID. She’ll leave it for us to do.
JOHN. That’s what I want.
[The lords of creation look at the ladies.]
MAGGIE [interpreting]. You and I are expected to retire, Lady Sybil, while the men decide our fate. [SYBIL is ready to obey the law, but MAGGIE remains seated.] Man’s the oak, woman’s the ivy. Which of us is it that’s to cling to you, John?
[With three stalwarts glaring at him, JOHN rather grandly takes SYBIL’S hand. They are two against the world.]