[Kissing Mrs. Wharton.] How do you do?
Mrs. Wharton.
How are you, my dear?
Mrs. Littlewood.
[To John.] I brought you a wedding present, John.
[She hands him a small case in which is a pearl pin.
John.
Oh, I say, that is splendid of you. Just look, mother. Isn’t it a ripper?
Mrs. Littlewood.
It was Archie’s, you know. He always used to be so proud of it.