[The sisters turn awkwardly, and with very self-conscious airs begin to flutter their fans. Jeremy quickly hooks each gown in succession. As he finishes the fastening of Jane’s dress Rose, followed by Kitty, comes into the room. She is wearing her bridal gown and veil.
Rose. [Pausing.] What’s this, Jeremy?
Jeremy. The servants be runned away same as t’others—that’s all, mistress.
Rose. Run away?
Jeremy. So I do reckon. Bain’t anywhere about the place.
Rose. [Flinging herself down on a chair by the table, in front of the bunch of forget-me-nots.] Let them be found. Let them be brought back at once.
Kitty. For my part I’m glad they’ve gone off. The girl was a wild, bad thing. I saw how she went on with Robert.
Rose. [Brokenly to Jeremy.] You found them. Bring them back, Jerry.
Kitty. No—wait till you and Robert are made man and wife, Rose. Then ’twon’t matter quite so much.
Rose. I’ll never wed me to Robert, I’ll only wed me to him who gathered these blue flowers here.