GRACE. (_listening_) That's--that's Arthur!
SEVERAL BOY'S VOICES. Oo-oo! Oo-Oo! Oo-oo!
EDITH, IDA and Mat. That's Sam! That's George! That's Henry! (_all crowd
to door and look out_)
KATE. (_eagerly_) Oh, girls! It's the boys, they want us to come out!
Where's my hat?
(_All rush in a crowd to sofa and begin digging wildly into wraps and
hats, putting them on as hastily as possible_)
SUSAN. Girls! Pirates! Stop! The revolution! Remember your cause!
KATE. (_pinning on her hat_) Revolution! I haven't time for revolutions,
don't you hear the boys calling us?
SUSAN. Stop! Are you not women?
GRACE. (_as all come forward_) Women? Pirates? Why no, we are just the
I. I. Club. Just girls. Just sweet girls!
VOICES, (_off stage_) Oo-oo!