It’ll do you a world of good to be taken down a peg or two, my lady.

Norah.

Oh, how heartless—how cruel.

Gertie.

Go on, Ed—I want to get on with my work.

[Marsh hesitates a moment, then shrugs his shoulders and goes out.]

Norah.

[Passionately.] Why do you humiliate me like this?

Gertie.

You came here and thought you knew everything, I guess. You didn’t know who you’d got to deal with.