KATE. [At the window.] Away! They are dismounting at the door.
ROSE. You, Bridget—I can trust you—quick, to the loft with him.
KATE. [Still at the window.] Quick! quick!
ARMSTRONG. Stow me away among your rubbish.
[ROSE urges them off. WALTER snatches a kiss from ROSE'S hand as he exits with BRIDGET.
KATE. I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
ROSE. Oh, fearfully! Run to your glass, by all means. Set your springes, for these red birds are rare game.
KATE. Sister! But I'll be revenged. [Exit KATE.
Enter MAJOR CLEVELAND, ushered in by LIEUTENANT ELSWORTH, who withdraws.
ELSWORTH. My dear Major Cleveland, let me welcome you zealously to this abode.