ACT III
Jenny (opening door R.) : If you wouldn’t mind waiting in the library . . . the first door on the left. I’ll call you when she’s ready.
Mr. Grey (as he goes) : Thank you, miss. And you won’t say anything to her? You see, I shouldn’t like her to think . . .
Jenny : Of course. I quite understand.
[He goes out. Jenny closes the door behind him and returns to the window. She sees something, and shrinks back to the settee, where she stands, waiting. Outside, Margaret approaches the window. She comes in. She is pale and trembling a little. She stands on the steps.
Jenny : Well . . . well?
Margaret : It’s all over.
Jenny : You mean . . . ?
Margaret : Yes, he’s cured.
[She comes down the steps.
Jenny : Where is he?
Margaret : He’s with her . . . Mrs. Baldry. He knows her. He knows everything now.
[She catches at the arm of the settee.
Do you mind . . . if I sit down . . . just for a minute? I feel a bit . . . faint-like.
Jenny : Of course. (Margaret sits.) How is he? How was it?
Margaret : Don’t . . . don’t ask me that.
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