CRAIG’S WIFE
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- [The screen door slams, and she hurries in again, crossing towards the portières.
Mrs. Craig
- Are Miss Austen’s things ready, Mrs. Harold?
Mrs. Harold
- Yes, Ma’m, I helped her pack last night.
Mrs. Craig
- Did she say where she was going?
Mrs. Harold (stepping)
- Yes, Ma’m; she sez she’s going to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel now, but after that she sez she’s going to travel. (Continuing to the portières) I must open the door for that man.
- [She goes out, and Mrs. Craig stands looking after her, thinking. She moves across towards the portières and stops again, looking out through the portières. Ethel hurries down the stairs, with her hat and coat on.
Mrs. Craig
- Ethel, dear child, what are you doing up so early?
Ethel
- I haven’t been asleep all night. I’ve been waiting to hear some one else up.
Mrs. Craig
- You’re not ill, are you, dear?
Ethel
- No, but I must go home immediately, Aunt Harriet; I’m too troubled in my mind to stay here any longer.
Mrs. Craig
- But you can’t go immediately, dear.
Ethel
- I must go, Aunt Harriet.
