Mrs. Dot: A Farce

by W. Somerset Maugham

Q.E.D.

Gerald.

Here comes Nellie.

[Nellie comes in, having changed her dress. She now wears a very pretty white frock, all flounces and furbelows, and a large white hat. At the same moment from the other side Freddie enters. He also has changed, and is now in spotless white.

Mrs. Dot.

[With a laugh, whispering to Blenkinsop.] They’ve both changed their clothes.

Gerald.

Would you like to come for a row, Nellie?

Nellie.

I’m too tired. Won’t you go with Mrs. Dot? I’ll rest here till tea-time.