MRS. MASTERSON. She's passionately fond of fancy dancing, it seems. And Ethel's been writing her about to-night, so she's quite excited about it.
DR. MASTERSON. I see.
LETITIA. People are wildly jealous of us because we got Miss Pilkington to come here. Everybody's talking about it.
MRS. MASTERSON. You haven't heard any criticisms, I hope?
LETITIA. Nothing that amounts to anything.
MRS. MASTERSON. I wish I could feel comfortable about it. It seems so very daring. It's been only seven months since the funeral. To be sure ... father and I hadn't spoken for ten years.
DR. MASTERSON. And everybody knows the entertainment is for charity.
LETITIA. And we've only asked the very best people.
DR. MASTERSON. And the date was arranged over a year ago.
LETITIA. And it isn't as if we were going to dance ourselves, mother. And then they are "Biblical Dances," too.