POLICEMAN. Did you—did you think it was a peculiar sort of a letter?
CINDERELLA (_mercilessly_). I don’t mind nothing peculiar in it.
POLICEMAN. There was no word in it that took you aback, was there?
CINDERELLA. Not that I mind of.
POLICEMAN (_worried_). Maybe you didn’t read it very careful?
CINDERELLA. I may have missed something. What was the word, David?
POLICEMAN (_in gloom_). Oh, it was just a small affair. It was just
a beginning. I thought, if she stands that she’ll stand more. But
if you never noticed it—(_He sighs profoundly._)