You may be kind-hearted, Archie, but you are unwise.
CAPT. EPPINGWELL
(Sighing.)
Oh, well, after the manner of civilized man I submit to my womenkind. All right, I'll send the dogs at once.
(Makes a movement to start toward door to right, and Mrs. Eppingwell starts with him.)
(Mrs. Eppingwell, struck suddenly by a new idea, pauses. Capt. Eppingwell pauses a step in advance and looks at her.)
What's wrong now?
MRS. EPPINGWELL
Suppose there is some mischance, a delay, and Flossie doesn't get in by midnight?