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CRAIG’S WIFE
Ethel
- I haven’t closed my eyes since I’ve been here, I’ve been so worried.
Fredericks
- I’ve been worried about you, too, ever since I got your note.
Ethel
- And then I told Aunt Harriet about our engagement, and that upset me more than ever.
Fredericks
- Why?
Ethel
- Oh, she didn’t seem to approve of it exactly.
Fredericks
- Why not?
Ethel (rising)
- Oh, for several reasons, Gene,—I’ll tell you on the train.
- [She starts for the foot of the stairs.
Fredericks (taking her hand as she passes him)
- I wish you’d tell me now, Ethel.
Ethel (turning to him)
- There isn’t time, dear.
Fredericks
- But you make me uneasy.
Ethel
- It’s nothing, Gene, particularly. She simply said she thought perhaps I hadn’t considered the thing sufficiently.
Fredericks
- What is there to consider, darling, in a thing of this kind—except that we love each other.
