Can you keep a secret? [They all seem to think they can and gather near.] He has never asked me!
[The family seems annoyed.
Lucy
[with match-making ardor]
No wonder, dear, he has never seen you except in that awful apron. But those stunning dinner gowns John bought you in Paris! My dear, in evening dress you are quite irresistible!
Judge
[apart to Theodore]
Irresistible? Pink parasols. What a system!
Helen
But you see, I don't want him to ask me. I've had all I could do to keep him from it.