MAJOR (aside). There they are again! hard at it! hammer and tongs!
Enter JOSEPH, running, at C.
JOSEPH. Please, ma’am, please, sir, here’s Miss Fanny just driven up in a cab from the station!
MRS. P. Fanny!
MAJOR. What can have brought her back?
FANNY (heard speaking off at C.). Gently, my good man, with that box! My best hat’s in it! such a beauty too! (runs in at C.; she is in a light summer travelling costume). Here I am! How astonished you all look! Ha! ha! ha! (Running to MRS. MAJOR P.) Dear Georgina! so glad to see you once again (kissing her—Nodding to MAJOR). How do, brother Jeremiah? and you, dear mamma? (about to kiss MRS. PELICAN).
MRS. P. (stiffly). I was not aware, miss, that it was usual for a well-educated young lady to address her sister-in-law before her mother!
FANNY. Did I? So sorry, dear mamma. I really didn’t see you at first.
MAJOR (aside). I’m sure she’s big enough!