MRS. McFEE
Oh! Oh! And I thought you were a gentleman! You have insulted me!
SITKA CHARLEY
(Raging.)
Sure! Me insult. Much insult. Dam! Dam! Dam!
MRS. McFEE
Oh! This cannot be Captain Eppingwell. 'Tis some base creature from the town. I am contameenated!
(Sticks fingers in ears and screams shrilly.) (Many come running jrom ballroom at sound of screams. Sitka Charley still rages, shouting, "Dam! Dam! Dam!")
(Capt. Eppingwell comes in with some lady on arm and joins an onlooking group near stove to right. He still wears domino.)
MRS. McFEE