Mrs. Wharton.

Oh, Sylvia, we didn’t expect to see you to-day. You said you’d be too busy.

Sylvia.

I felt I must just look in and see how you all were.

[The Colonel gives her a suspicious look. She kisses Mrs. Wharton and Mrs. Littlewood and the Colonel.

John.

[Showing Sylvia the pearl pin.] Look what Mrs. Littlewood has given me. Makes it worth while being married, doesn’t it?

Sylvia.

Oh, how lovely!

Mrs. Littlewood.