JOHN. And I didn’t expect to see you back quite so soon.
PAMELA. I’ve come to say I’m sorry. Mother has seen that necklace you gave me—(placing her bag on table down C.)—and she says it’s worth five hundred pounds——
JOHN. Mother knows!
PAMELA. But it is valuable.
JOHN. Of course it is. Instead of spending my money on riotous living I’ve been spending it on you.
PAMELA. How good of you! But do tell me, what has happened?
JOHN. Don’t be alarmed. You know I was in a ’bus accident the other day?
PAMELA. You were not hurt.
JOHN. Things have developed since. I think they are going to compensate me.
PAMELA (joyfully). Then, you are not really ill? (Goes down below table.)