Bertha
Is it . . . for Dick or against him?
Beatrice
[Warmly.] O, for him! You can read what he says about Mr Rowan. And I know that Robert stayed in town very late last night to write it.
Bertha
[Nervously.] Yes. Are you sure?
Beatrice
Yes. Very late. I heard him come home. It was long after two.
Bertha
[Watching her.] It alarmed you? I mean to be awakened at that hour of the morning.
Beatrice
I am a light sleeper. But I knew he had come from the office and then . . . I suspected he had written an article about Mr Rowan and that was why he came so late.
Bertha
How quick you were to think of that?
Beatrice
Well, after what took place here yesterday afternoon—I mean what Robert said, that Mr Rowan had accepted this position. It was only natural I should think . . .
Bertha
Ah, yes. Naturally.
Beatrice
[Hastily.] But that is not what alarmed me. But immediately after I heard a noise in my cousin's room.
