MAMIE. Well, give me the necklace, and I’ll be off at once.
JOHN. I’ll send it on to you to-morrow.
MAMIE. No, I dare not go home without it.
JOHN. But how can I give it to you? Mrs. Ayers is wearing it round her neck.
MAMIE. Can’t I wait till she returns?
JOHN. No, no! She doesn’t know you’re here. And you must leave at once before she comes back.
(PAMELA knocks loudly outside door. TULLY jumps up. MAMIE and JOHN start—all silent.)
PAMELA (off). I can’t hear Mr. Tully’s voice!
JOHN (to TULLY). Sing! sing!
(TULLY resumes singing: “I hear you calling me.”)