MAGGIE [doggedly]. Is it an offer?
JOHN [dourly]. Yes.
MAGGIE [rising]. Before I answer I want first to give you a chance of drawing back.
DAVID. Maggie.
MAGGIE [bravely]. When they said that I have been run after they were misleading you. I’m without charm; nobody has ever been after me.
JOHN. Oho!
ALICK. They will be yet.
JOHN [the innocent]. It shows at least that you haven’t been after them.
[His hosts exchange a self-conscious glance.]
MAGGIE. One thing more; David said I’m twenty-five, I’m twenty-six.