Doctor. (aside) And Flo can hear every word. It's all up!
Plant. They can talk of nothing else.
(Doctor pulls Plant's coat.)
It's Jack, dear Jack, darling Jack, (same Bus.) Ah, you have robbed me of my precious jewels.
Doctor. (glancing nervously at couch, with assumed levity) Nonsense!
Plant. (indignant) It's not nonsense at all, it's very serious. Heaven forbid that I should speak, harshly to a young man with a rich—ahem!—future—but as their father—from whom they have never had a secret all their blameless lives——(crosses R.) I tell you, sir, you have broken two hearts in one afternoon.
Doctor. (gloomily) Oh, good afternoon! (sits at table)
Flora. (aside) I shall go home by the next train.
Plant. They're wasting the best years of their lives, and all for you, sir—all for you! (cross L., waves his stick excitedly)
Doctor. (half to himself) I can't commit bigamy.