[All look towards the door on the right, expectantly.
DE MULLIN
(querulously)
Well, Jane? Am I to hear who this visitor is or am I not?
ELLEN
(showing in a lady leading a little boy by the hand)
MRS. SEAGRAVE
[Enter Janet and Johnny!. Janet is a very handsome woman of six-and-thirty. She is admirably dressed, but her clothes are quiet and in excellent taste, dark in colour and plain in cut but expensive. Her hat is particularly tasteful, but also quiet. Her clothes are in marked contrast to those of her mother and sister which are of the homeliest description and were probably made in the village. Johnny is a well-grown youngster of eight in a sailor suit.
HESTER
(shocked)