(fiercely)
JANET...!
[Door opens l. Ellen enters with the lamp. There is a considerable pause, during which Ellen puts down the lamp, turns it up, pulls down the blind and begins to draw the curtains. In the middle of the last process De Mullin intervenes.
DE MULLIN
(irritably)
You can leave the curtains, Ellen.
ELLEN
Very well, sir.
[Exit Ellen l. with maddening deliberation. Pause.