Mrs. Crashaw: ‘Why doesn’t she show him in?’
Willis: ‘Has he been garotting somebody too?’
SCENE IV: MR. BEMIS, MR. CAMPBELL, MR. AND MRS. ROBERTS
Bemis, appearing through the portière: ‘I—I beg your pardon, Mrs. Roberts. I oughtn’t to present myself in this state—I— But I thought I’d better stop on my way home and report, so that my son needn’t be alarmed at my absence when he comes. I—’ He stops, exhausted, and regards the others with a wild stare, while they stand taking note of his disordered coat, his torn vest, and his tumbled hat. ‘I’ve just been robbed—’
Mrs. Roberts: ‘Robbed? Why, Edward has been robbed too.’
Bemis: ‘—coming through the Common—’
Mrs. Roberts: ‘Yes, Edward was coming through the Common.’
Bemis: ‘—of my watch—’
Mrs. Roberts, in rapturous admiration of the coincidence: ‘Oh, and it was Edward’s watch they took!’
Willis: ‘It’s a parallel case, Agnes. Pour him out a glass of cologne to drink, and rub his head with brandy. And you might let him sit down and rest while you’re enjoying the excitement.’