The Last of the De Mullins: A Play Without a Preface

by St. John Hankin

MRS. CLOUSTON

You should have locked her door.

MRS. DE MULLIN

We did. She got out of the window.

MRS. CLOUSTON

Got out of the window! The girl might have been killed.

MRS. DE MULLIN

Yes. But Janet was always fond of climbing. And she was never afraid of anything.

MRS. CLOUSTON

But there’s no late train to London.