[May, quietly opens the cupboard door and comes out.
Elizabeth. So that’s where you’ve been, you deceitful little wench.
Andrew. Well, to think of that, Millie.
Elizabeth. And how long may you have bid there, I should like to know?
Daniel. Come, come, my little maid, ’tis early days for you to be getting a lesson in courtship.
May. O there wasn’t any courtship, Uncle, and I didn’t hear nothing at all to speak of.
Elizabeth. There, run along quick and find your sister. Supper’s late already, and that it is.
Annet. I’ll go with her.
[She starts forward and hurriedly moves towards the door.
Elizabeth. Stop a moment, Millie. What are you thinking of to go trailing out in the dew with that beautiful cloak and bonnet. Take and lay them in the box at once, do you hear?