Colonel Wharton.
If she’ll wait a minute she’ll have the chance of seeing the young fellow himself.
[Kate comes in, followed by Mrs. Poole. The visitor is a thin, rather dour person of middle age, brisk in her movements, competent and firm. She is a woman who knows her own mind and has no hesitation in speaking it. She is not unsympathetic. She wears a serviceable black coat and skirt and a black straw hat.
Kate.
Mrs. Poole.
[Exit.
Colonel Wharton.
What do you mean by trying to get away without showing yourself? Is this how you do your district visiting?
Mrs. Poole.