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CRAIG’S WIFE
Ethel
- I haven’t had a chance to speak to Miss Austen yet.
Mrs. Craig
- I suppose she’s getting dressed.
Ethel
- I haven’t seen Uncle Walter yet, either.
Mrs. Craig
- He’s out there having some coffee, I believe. Don’t you want to come out and have some too, dear?
Ethel
- I don’t think I could touch a thing, Aunt Harriet.
Mrs. Craig
- You could take a sip of coffee.
Ethel
- I don’t want Uncle Walter to see me looking so terrible.
Mrs. Craig
- What does it matter, darling; he understands the circumstances. And you really shouldn’t start on that trip back home without something. And when you do go back, Ethel, I want you to consider seriously what I’ve been saying to you about Mr. Fredericks. You’re not married to him yet; and if there’s anything to be done, it’s now that it must be done. You can’t come back and undo a thing like marriage.
Ethel
- Oh, I don’t know what to do, Aunt Harriet.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, there’s no hurry about doing anything just now. And don’t let him hurry you. Just think it over—for his sake as well as for your own. You don’t want to be a burden to him, do you?
