(Hands overcoat to Maid, who hangs it up on wall.)
Just for a moment.
(Untying ear-flaps, and removing his cap, which Maid hangs up. She pushes him on to chair and lifts one foot to remove street moccasins.)
VANDERLIP
(Helplessly expostulating.)
Now here, I say—
(She persists.)
I won't have a woman doing that for me.
(Pushes her away and removes moccasins himself. He stands up.)
I said I wasn't coming to your cabin, Freda; and I can't stay anyway—only for that one moment, that's all.