taken it--

MISS FARREN. I have not!

MRS. WESTERN. You can tell that to the magistrate--[_She turns to_ HARVEY]
and you too, if you like. [_She moves to the bell._

JUDGE. [_Putting out a hand to stop her._] Alice--

MRS. WESTERN. Leave me alone, Tom. I know what I'm doing. I'll send for a
policeman.

HARVEY. [_Imploringly._] Alice, Alice--

MRS. WESTERN. [_Pausing, with her hand on the bell._] I'll let the girl
off, if you'll tell me the truth.

HARVEY. I _have_ told you the truth.

MRS. WESTERN. You persist in this silly falsehood?

HARVEY. It isn't--I tell you it isn't!

MRS. WESTERN. Very well, then.

[_She presses the bell. At that moment the door bursts open, and_
MARTIN _comes in triumphantly, with the bracelet on a salver._
SMITHERS _and_ WILLIAM _are behind him, but do not pass beyond
the threshold._

MARTIN. [_Eagerly._] Ma'am, ma'am, we've found the--

[MRS. WESTERN _has turned towards him, still holding the other
bracelet in her hand._ MARTIN _catches sight of it, and stops dead
short, staring bewilderedly at it._

MRS. WESTERN. [_Calmly._] Where did you find it?

[_She takes the bracelet off the salver and lays it on the
table._

MARTIN. [_With a great effort._] It had fallen into the pocket of the
car--there was a hole in the pocket--it had worked its way right down into
the body.

MRS. WESTERN. Very well. Thank you.

[MARTIN _goes; the other servants have already slunk off. There
is a moment's silence._ MRS. WESTERN _suddenly flings the
bracelet she has in her hand in_ MISS FARREN'S _direction._

MRS. WESTERN. [_Contemptuously._] Here. I return you your property. And
now pack up your things and leave the house.

HARVEY. [_Who has stepped forward and picked up the bracelet, standing
between_ MRS. WESTERN _and_ MISS FARREN.] No.

MRS. WESTERN. [_Staring at him._] What?

HARVEY. [_Violently._] I say, No!

MRS. WESTERN. I have told the girl to leave my house.

HARVEY. _My_ house--mine! And she shall stay in it! Or, at least, when she
goes, it shall be without the slightest stain or suspicion--

MRS. WESTERN. [_Scornfully._] I am not accusing her of theft.

HARVEY. But you are insinuating--I declare solemnly before you all--

JUDGE. [_Interposing._] Harvey, one moment.... I am sure that Miss Farren
would rather go to her room....

MISS FARREN. Yes.

HARVEY. By all means. Here, take your bracelet. [_He gives it t