MAUD. "I know I'm the best man for the place, and so do you—"
BUILDER. The disrespect of you young people is something extraordinary. And that reminds me where do you go every evening now after tea?
MAUD. I—I don't know.
BUILDER. Come now, that won't do—you're never in the house from six to seven.
MAUD. Well! It has to do with my education.
BUILDER. Why, you finished that two years ago!
MAUD. Well, call it a hobby, if you like, then, father.
She takes up the letter she brought in and seems on the point of broaching it.
BUILDER. Hobby? Well, what is it?
MAUD. I don't want to irritate you, father.