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CRAIG’S WIFE
Ethel
- Yes.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, that’ll be fine,—you won’t have to bother calling a taxi. (Coming forward to Ethel again) Did Mr. Fredericks have any word about your mother?
Ethel
- No, he hadn’t been home.
Mrs. Craig
- Why don’t you call him in, Ethel; I should like to meet him.
Ethel
- He thought probably you wouldn’t care to meet him.
Mrs. Craig
- Why, how absurd. Why not?
Ethel
- I was telling him about what you said last night, when I told you I was going to marry him.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, my dear child, I was simply talking in a general way. My remarks weren’t directed against Mr. Fredericks particularly. I’m sure he’d appreciate the logic of what I said himself.
Ethel
- He doesn’t, Aunt Harriet; I told him what you said, and he takes quite the opposite view.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, of course, he has considerable to gain by the transaction, Ethel, you must remember that.
Ethel
- Well, Uncle Walter has nothing to gain by it, and he agrees with him.
