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it in an 'urry. To 'ave the responsibility of her--really, it's dreadful. FAITH's face has grown sullen during this speech, but it clears up in another little soft look at MR MARCH, as she and MR BLY go out. MR MARCH. Well, Mary, have I done it? MARY. You have, Dad. MR MARCH. [Running his hands through his hair] Pathetic little figure! Such infernal inhumanity! MARY. How are you going to put it to mother? MR MARCH. Tell her the story, and pitch it strong. MARY. Mother's not impulsive. MR MARCH. We must tell her, or she'll think me mad. MARY. She'll do that, anyway, dear. MR MARCH. Here she is! Stand by! He runs his arm through MARY's, and they sit on the fender, at bay. MRS MARCH enters, Left. MR MARCH. Well, what luck? MRS MARCH. None. MR MARCH. [Unguardedly] Good! MRS MARCH. What? MRS MARCH. [Cheerfully] Well, the fact is, Mary and I have caught one for 'you; Mr Bly's daughter-- MRS MARCH. Are you out of your senses? Don't you know that she's the girl who-- MR MARCH. That's it. She wants a lift. MRS MARCH. Geof! MR MARCH. Well, don't we want a maid? MRS MARCH. [Ineffably] Ridiculous! MR MARCH. We tested her, didn't we, Mary? MRS MARCH. [Crossing to the bell, and ringing] You'll just send for Mr Bly and get rid of her again. MR MARCH. Joan, if we comfortable people can't put ourselves a little out of the way to give a helping hand-- MRS MARCH. To girls who smother their babies? MR MARCH. Joan, I revolt. I won't be a hypocrite and a Pharisee. MRS MARCH. Well, for goodness sake let me be one. MARY. [As the door opens]. Here's Cook! COOK stands--sixty, stout, and comfortable with a crumpled smile. COOK. Did you ring, ma'am? MR MARCH. We're in a moral difficulty, Cook, so naturally we come to you. COOK beams. MRS MARCH. [Impatiently] Nothing of the sort, Cook; it's a question of common sense. COOK. Yes, ma'am. MRS MARCH. That girl, Faith Bly, wants to come here as parlour-maid. Absurd! MARCH. You know her story, Cook? I want to give the poor girl a chance. Mrs March thinks it's taking chances. What do you say? COCK. Of course, it is a risk, sir; but there! you've got to take 'em to get maids nowadays. If it isn't in the past, it's in the future. I daresay I could learn 'er. MRS MARCH. It's not her work, Cook, it's her instincts. A girl who smothered a
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