ADAM CHERRY.
Belinda! For Heaven's sake don't say he's a swindler.
MRS. BEN DIXON.
Why not? He is my own husband. I suppose I can say what I like about him. Let's have some consolation. (Noticing Cherry's distraction.) What's the matter with you?
ADAM CHERRY.
(Wildly.) He's got £8,000 of my money. Nearly all I have. I've put it all into a company of his.
MRS. BEN DIXON.
(Aghast.) You? Oh, why did I bring you down here? Oh, you poor lamb! Oh, what a miserable woman I am!
(Enter Theodore.)