dinner and a good glass of – WESTON: I have sent Roger to barricade all the doors, and I think it would be wise to close the ground floor shutters and see that they are not opened for any – LADY WESTON: Is it the French and the Dutch together you are expecting! And this is the morning. Mr. Gammon’s boy comes with the groceries.
How am I to – WESTON: My dear, is a little pepper more to you than your husband’s life? LADY WESTON: It isn’t a little pepper, it’s a great deal of flour. And you would be the first to complain if the bread were short, or the gravy thin. ( Giving him back the paper ) How do you know that the little paper was meant for you?
12th - - Page WESTON: Because it was in my pocket. I found it there when I was looking for something to light my pipe. ( With meaning ) There were no spills. LADY WESTON: No spills.
What, again? Richard, you smoke far too much. WESTON ( continuing hastily ) – It was slipped into my pocket by a man who brushed against me yesterday. A dark, lean fellow with an evil face.
LADY WESTON: I don’t think he was very evil. WESTON: What do you know about it? ( sinking into a chair ): Stop, Frances, stop! It upsets me to – ( Enter ROGER a little out of breath after his flying tour round the house .) WESTON: Ah, Roger.
Have you seen to it all? Every door barred, every window shut, all workmen out – ROGER ( a little embarrassed ): Every door except the kitchen one, my lord. WESTON ( angry ): And why not the kitchen one? ROGER ( stammering ): The cook seemed to think….
That is, she said….. WESTON: Well, speak, man, what did she say, and how does what the cook thinks affect my order to bar the kitchen door? ROGER ( in a rush ): The cook said she was a respectable woman and had