ADAM CHERRY.
(Looks at his watch.) Ah, that's five minutes fast. Mrs. Ben Dixon's rather late though. She said she'd be here at half-past three.
MRS. WHEEDLES.
How has she taken it, poor woman?
ADAM CHERRY.
Well, of course it's a very unpleasant position for her, but, between ourselves, I fancy she will be very glad if it turns out that he is your husband, and, consequently, not hers. I expect that's why she's so anxious to be in the "show," as she calls it. She says she wants to see the truth for herself, and fix him down.
MRS. WHEEDLES.
She hasn't said a word to him about it, I suppose?
ADAM CHERRY.
She hasn't had a chance—yet. They quarrelled over money matters (groans to himself) and other things, and she left him before she ever heard of this.