ACT II
Chris : You'll come again . . . to-morrow?
Margaret : No . . . I . . . I think I'd better not. Really not. I’ve no right here.
Chris : I want you. Kitty . . . I know it’s brutal, but . . . but . . . she may come, mayn’t she?
Kitty : You want her, Chris?
Chris : Yes.
Kitty : Then, of course. As often as you like.
Margaret : It’s good of you.
Kitty : Please . . . don’t thank me. Chris wants you to come. (There is a tap at the door L.) Come in!
Jenny : Oh, you’re here, Kitty.
Kitty : Yes, I came in by mistake. I forgot to knock, as you did. Mrs. Grey is just going. I’ll go and see that the car is brought round.
[She goes out.
Margaret : Oh, it’s all so wrong!
Chris : I’m sorry for her . . . I don’t want to hurt her . . . she doesn’t mean to be unkind . . . but . . . but I don’t know her, and . . . and . . . oh . . . she must understand. You’ll come again . . . to-morrow?
Margaret : Yes, Chris. Please . . . where are my things?
Jenny : They’ll be in the hall. I'll get them.
Chris : I'll go. What were they?
Margaret : My hat and raincoat and an umbrella. Thank you so much.
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