Mrs. Blow: We must be prepared to make sacrifices.
Mrs. Otherly: Yes.
Mrs. Blow: It makes my blood boil to think of those people.
Mrs. Otherly: I used to know a lot of them. Some of them were very kind and nice.
Mrs. Blow: That was just their cunning, depend on it. I'm afraid there's a good deal of disloyalty among us. Shall we see the dear President this afternoon, Mrs. Lincoln?
Mrs. Lincoln: He will be here directly, I think.
Mrs. Blow: You 're looking wonderfully well, with all the hard work that you have to do. I've really had to drop some of mine. And with expenses going up, it's all very lowering, don't you think? Goliath and I have had to reduce several of our subscriptions. But, of course, we all have to deny ourselves something. Ah, good-afternoon, dear Mr. President.
LINCOLN comes in. THE LADIES rise and shake hands with him.
Lincoln: Good-afternoon, ladies.
Mrs. Otherly: Good-afternoon, Mr. President.