24
THE PRIME MINISTER
Otto.
[Flourishing telegram.] A telegram from Freda.
Mrs. Schiller.
Freda?
Otto.
Don't you know? Freda Michel.
Mrs. Schiller.
The young Swiss governess you and Margaret met
in Switzerland?
Otto.
Why, yes, last winter at St. Moritz. She's coming
to London to take a situation.
Mrs. Schiller.
So Margaret was saying yesterday.
Otto.
The telegram is to Margaret, but as Margaret is
out I've opened it. [Reading.] "Dover 2.20 p.m.
Arrive Charing Cross at 4. Ask Otto to meet
me.—Freda."
Mrs. Schiller.
Four o'clock?
Otto.
Yes, and it's nearly that now, so I'm off. [Snatching up cap from sideboard.] Auntie?
Mrs. Schiller.
Well?
Otto.
May I bring Freda back? Just for an hour or
