(EXIT Hannah)
JULIA. Laura, Martha is coming!
LAURA. Here? Well, I wonder how she has managed that!
(Her sister hands her the telegram, which she reads.)
'Accident. Quite safe. Arriving by the 6.30.' Why, it's after that now!
JULIA (sentimentally). Oh, Laura, only think! So now we shall be all together again.
LAURA. Yes, I suppose we shall.
JULIA. It will be quite like old days.
LAURA (warningly, as she sits down again and prepares for narrative). Not quite, Julia. (She leans forward, and speaks with measured emphasis) Martha's temper has got very queer! She never had a very good temper, as you know: and it's grown on her.
(A pause. Julia remains silent)