I wish we could do something for her.

Mrs. Wharton.

[Explaining to John.] She was telegraphed for last week to go to Ned at Boulogne. He died on Tuesday.

John.

[With astonishment.] Ned! But he was only a kid.

Mrs. Wharton.

Oh, he’d grown up since you were home. He was nearly nineteen.

Mrs. Poole.

Both her sons are gone now. She’s quite alone.

Mrs. Wharton.