tearing the lock from Salome's hand
]. May I be blind!
[Exit embarrassed.
SALOME [
arranging her veil
]. Oh, you monkey, you!
OSSEP. What is the meaning of this?
SALOME. God only knows how it came to this. I was walking quietly in the street and she called me in and tore the veil from my head because I, as she said, took her daughter's suitor away from her.
OSSEP. It serves you right! That comes from your having secrets from me and promising him 7,000 rubles instead of 6,000.
SALOME. I would rather have broken a leg than come into this horrid house. I did it only out of politeness. I wish these people might lose everything they have got [