Toby: All right, only let me get out of this bloody house.
[She disappears into the bedroom ... he is staring into the fire when there is a timid knock at the door ... it is repeated.
John (hurrying to the door): ... Hullo? Who’s there?
[The door opens before he reaches it and Gwen comes in.
Hullo, Gwen.
Gwen: I say, did I put my foot in it downstairs with father? I’m sorry.
John: Oh, that’s all right.
Gwen: I thought you wouldn’t mind me coming up—father told me you were alone.
John: Did he?
Gwen: Can Frankie come up?