MAUD. [Forgetting herself.] He’s my brother—
FITZSIMMONS. [Exploding.] What!
MAUD.—In-law’s first cousin.
FITZSIMMONS. Oh!
MAUD. So you see I don’t know him very well. I only met him once—at the club. We had a drink together.
FITZSIMMONS. Then you don’t know his sister?
MAUD. [Starting.] His sister? I—I didn’t know he had a sister.
FITZSIMMONS. [Enthusiastically.] She’s a peach. A queen. A little bit of all right. A—a loo-loo.
MAUD. [Flattered.] She is, is she?
FITZSIMMONS. She’s a scream. You ought to get acquainted with her.