MAGGIE [to HETTY]. Finish what I don't want to say.
HETTY [to HARRIET]. Help her out.
HARRIET. Oh, yes, introductions will follow the exhibition of my portrait. No doubt I——
HETTY [to HARRIET]. Be patronizing.
HARRIET. No doubt I shall be able to introduce your husband to his advantage.
MAGGIE [relieved]. Saved.
MARGARET. If I find John in a propitious mood I shall take pleasure, for your sake, in telling him about your beauty. Just as you are sitting now would be a lovely pose.
MAGGIE [to MARGARET]. We can go now.
HETTY [to HARRIET]. Don't let her think she is doing us a favor.
HARRIET. It will give me pleasure to add my name to your husband's list of patronesses.