[MISS SNARE, heard without.
Miss Sna. Step this way, my dear.
[BOSS puts PINKEY behind the screen.
MISS SKYLARK enters following MISS SNARE, D.F.
Miss Sky. For what?
Miss Sna. Ah! Mr. Narcissus, I was looking for you. (She beckons to BOSS.) Take a seat for one moment, I beg.
[MISS SKYLARK sits; BOSS and MISS SNARE run off D.F.; BOSS locks the door, holds up the key, and disappears.
Miss Sky. What is the meaning of this? The door locked upon me. Miss Snare! (Calling at the door.) Let me out, I’m so nervous when I’m in a room by myself, pray, let me out. (Coming forward.) Very strange conduct, to ask me to step into this room, and then turn the key upon me. What can it mean?
[PINKEY sighs, very audibly, behind the screen.
Miss Sky. (Alarmed.) Oh! what’s that? it seems like the groan of a criminal full of remorse: surely no one can be in the room. I thought the sound came from behind that screen. Hem! (Coughs.) I wish I could get courage to peep.