Colin: I’m looking forward to to-morrow night.

Gwen: So am I.

[The door opens cautiously and Margaret Heal appears; a woman of about thirty-five; attractive without being strikingly beautiful or pretty; she is looking her best now, in evening dress and cloak.

Margaret: Anybody here?

Gwen: Hullo, Margaret. Come along in. What have you done with John?

Margaret: He’s walking round the square.

Colin: Sounds mathematical.

Margaret: Yes, it’s impossible.

Colin: Why?

Margaret: It’s raining; and he’s got no coat, and slippers. (To Colin.) You ought to go and fetch him in.