Enter MARTHA at R. H.
MRS. T. Come here, Martha! You have informed Doctor Jogtrot that you witnessed a scene recently, which I need not describe, between Captain Pepperpot and his servant. Is this true?
MARTHA. Yes, ma’am; they were hard at it, ma’am, behind the summer-house, ma’am, a fisticuffing one another (imitating absurdly).
MRS. T. Tell me, has this man—Blunt, I think, is his name—ever given you reason to think he—admires you?
MARTHA. Only so far as saying I was a niceish sort of girl! But lots have told me that!
JESSIE (very eagerly). And—his master—perhaps he may have—
MARTHA. Well, miss, the captain has certainly chucked me under the chin once or twice, but lots have done that!
MRS. T. You can go, Martha!
[Exit MARTHA at R. H.
JESSIE. Oh, auntie, this is dreadful! I never could have believed it of Jack! never! (stops on a sign from MRS. TARLETAN, who sees JACK enter at L. H.).