ACT II
take your hat off, too? This isn’t just an ordinary visit, is it?
Margaret : Thank you.
Jenny : Would you like to come upstairs . . . to my room?
Margaret : It’s quite all right. I can see nicely in the glass here.
[She stands before the fire and removes her hat, patting her hair. Jenny takes the hat and rings the bell.
Jenny : You’ve lovely hair.
Margaret : I used to have nice hair, but these last few years I’ve let myself go. I know I shouldn’t make personal remarks, but Mrs. Baldry is lovely. It’s all lovely here . . . the house and everything. It’s nice to have everything ready that people can want and everything in its place. I used to try and do it at Monkey Island Inn. Of course, it wasn’t grand like this, but our visitors always came a second time.
[Ellen enters R.
Jenny : Would you take Mrs. Grey’s things, Ellen? And you’d like some tea, wouldn’t you?
Margaret : Oh . . . if it’s not too much trouble, it would be nice.
Jenny : It’s no trouble at all. Tea, please, Ellen . . . at once . . . for three. Captain Baldry will be down.
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