MRS. CRILLY
We have nothing to say against your proposal, Mr. Scollard.
CRILLY
Won't you take something, James?
SCOLLARD
No, thanks, Mr. Crilly. I never touch intoxicants.
Crofton Crilly goes into shop.
MRS. CRILLY We couldn't wish for a better match for Anna. But I feel bound to tell you, Mr. Scollard, that we have had a very severe loss in our business.
ANNA
What is it, mother?
MRS. CRILLY I don't mind telling you. Mr. Crilly has made himself responsible for a bill on the bank.
SCOLLARD
In whose interest, Mrs. Crilly?
MRS. CRILLY He backed a bill for James Covey. A bill for three hundred pounds.
ANNA
Oh, mother!