Margaret
Oh.
Connie
I don't know how to begin.
Margaret
By coming right out with it, the worst of it, all at once, first.
Connie
It isn't serious at all, but—well, mother is worrying about it. You know how old-fashioned she is. And when you consider our position—father's and Tom's, I mean—it doesn't seem just right for you to be seeing so much of such an enemy of theirs. He has abused them dreadfully, you know. And there's that dreadful speech he is going to give to-morrow. You haven't seen the afternoon papers. He has made the most terrible charges against everybody—all of us, our friends, everybody.
Margaret
You mean Mr. Knox, of course. But he wouldn't harm anybody, Connie, dear.