Thor. Tolerates? A woman of that class?
Lucy. Cook is a very great personage; she rules the vicarage. Auntie made a show of resistance at first, but Uncle and Jack have been abject slaves from the start.
Thor. Really?
Lucy. Oh yes; when a woman is striking in appearance, evidently has a past history, and can make an omelette, I don't see what's going to stop her.
Thor. What's her history?
Lucy. How should I know? She was recommended to us by the Duchess of Sturton at the time she opened the bazaar—you remember. Local philanthropic?
Thor. Then you've nothing tangible to go on?
Lucy. Not from a masculine standpoint. (rises) Cook doesn't give herself away, but, like Achilles, she has one vulnerable point, and in the same locality.
Thor. How is that? (rising with Lucy)