Pendleton [with feeling]. Good-by—long, pale fingers.
[Enter Margaret, door right.]
Margaret. Did you get a good start with the scandal?
Pendleton. Not exactly. I may as well admit it was a failure through no fault of mine, of course. And now, I simply must finish that last chapter.
[He exits. Margaret rings. Mrs. Abby enters.]
Margaret. You may clear, Mrs. Abbey.
Mrs. Abbey. Very well, ma'am.
[She attends to clearing the table.]
Margaret. Mrs. Abbey, have you worked for many people living together, like Mr. Pendleton and myself?
Mrs. Abbey. Lor', Ma'am, yes. I've worked in nearly every house on the south side of Washington Square.