Mary. If! Yes! But I'm game to do anything.
Welburn. Look here, you really are one of the best. How can I ever thank you!
Mary. Well, really, I'm awfully grateful to you for having brought excitement into our lives.
Welburn. Oh, they are coming back this way. Then I must subside again. [Jumps on to couch. Mary covers him].
Mary [looking from window]. Oh! this really is a wonderful day. Something else is happening. There's a car driving through the village—
Welburn [anxiously]. A car?
Mary. It's going very slowly—it's going to stop.
Welburn. It's detectives! I'm sure! I'm lost.
Mary. No, it's being driven by a lady—she's alone.
Welburn. A lady! [Gets under the rug].