Second Usher. Do you know, they say that Kate Ackley thinks it's half for her!
Second Graduate. Not really?
Second Usher. Yes, really. She is stunning, there's no doubt.
Second Graduate. Oh, yes, she's stunning. Is that her own dress?
Second Usher. Yes. Her aunt gave it to her. It's liberty satin. But she's a stick, just the same. Do you like Viola?
Second Graduate, parrying. She looks very well. I was rather surprised she got it, though.
Second Usher. You know Mr. Clark wanted her for Sir Andrew, and she wouldn't. He was very angry, and so was the class. They don't care for Ethel at all. But it was Viola or nothing. She's seen it four times and she thinks she knows it all, they say. I do think she does some parts very well indeed.
First Usher. Oh, Miss Underhill, isn't Viola grand? Don't you think she's fine?
Second Graduate, sweetly. Yes, indeed. She looks so cunning in that short skirt!