ACT I
Chris : Yes. I had a call to make. (Pause.) Kitty, I’m sorry, but . . . we must be honest. It’s no good hiding things. There’s a woman . . .
Kitty : I know.
Chris : Frank told you? Kitty . . . forgive me. I know it must seem . . . almost deliberately insulting . . . but I must see her. She lives in Wealdstone. I called there on the way up. There was no one at home but a stupid maid whom I couldn’t make understand. But I must see her. Do forgive me, but . . . if I don’t see her, I shall die.
Kitty (icily) : You shall see her. (A pause. Then, with an effort) As a matter of fact, she has only just left.
Chris : Left? Left Wealdstone?
Kitty : No . . . here. She has been here this afternoon.
Chris (leaping up, with something like a shout) : Here? What are you saying? Margaret here? Where has she gone?
Kitty : Home . . . home to her husband.
Chris (deflated) : Her . . . ? Did you say her husband?
Kitty : Yes.
Chris : Margaret’s married?
Jenny : Chris, listen. She came here to-day to bring us news of you. She saw you in the garden, and she went because . . . because she thought
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