Roberts: "Why, he came—to the Hibbens's dinner—in a sack coat."
Mrs. Roberts: "I thought it was a Cardigan jacket."
Bemis: "I heard a Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers."
Mrs. Somers: "Ah, there is Mrs. Curwen!" To Campbell, aside: "And without her husband!"
Campbell: "Or any one else's husband."
Mrs. Somers: "For shame!"
Campbell: "You began it."
Mrs. Somers, to Mrs. Curwen; who approaches her sofa: "You are kindness itself, Mrs. Curwen, to come on such a day." The ladies press each other's hands.