DGE _and_ MRS. EDEN _as the_ DUCHESS _advances to_
MURIEL.] Dear Miss Eden, may your married life be as beautiful, as
serene, as my own!
MURIEL.
[_Frankly._] Thank you, Duchess.
LADY OWBRIDGE.
We shall be a happy party at luncheon. Shall we go, Duchess?
Muriel--Henry--[QUEX _joins_ MURIEL. SOPHY _is eyeing_ MURIEL
_wistfully._ MISS LIMBIRD _holds the_ portiere _aside, to allow the
visitors to pass out._] Good morning, Miss Fullgarney.
SOPHY.
Good morning, my lady.
DUCHESS.
Miss Fullgarney--
SOPHY.
Good-bye, your Grace.
[_The_ DUCHESS _and_ LADY OWBRIDGE _go out._
FRAYNE.
[_Following them with_ MRS. EDEN.] Good-day, Miss Fullgarney.
SOPHY.
Good-day, sir.
MRS. EDEN.
Morning, Sophy.
SOPHY.
Morning, Mrs. Eden.
[FRAYNE _and_ MRS. EDEN _go out._
QUEX.
[_Following them with_ MURIEL.] Good morning, Miss Fullgarney.
SOPHY.
[_Blankly._] G--good morning, my lord. [QUEX _and_ MURIEL _go out,
followed by_ MISS LIMBIRD. SOPHY _stands aghast, her bosom heaving._]
Oh! oh! oh! [_The door-gong sounds._ POLLITT _appears at the window._
SOPHY _is wringing her hands._] Oh--!
POLLITT.
[_Entering._] My love! what's the matter?
SOPHY.
She--she's left me, without a word!
POLLITT.
She?
SOPHY.
Muriel--without so much as wishing me good-morning. [_With a sob._] Oh!
when I've done what I can for everybody!
[_The_ portiere _is pulled aside and_ MURIEL _returns, unaccompanied,
and comes to_ SOPHY'S _side swiftly._
MURIEL.
[_To_ SOPHY.] Forgive me. You did it for the best. [_Kissing her._] I'm
sorry--
SOPHY.
[_Throwing her arms round_ MURIEL'S _neck._] Oh! my darling--! [MURIEL
_runs out._ SOPHY _goes to_ POLLITT _and drops her head upon his breast,
restfully._] Ah! _that's_ all right.
[_The door-gong sounds finally._
THE END.
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