_De Foenix._
[_Approaching Rose and taking her hand sympathetically._] Haw-----!
I--weally--haw!----
_Rose._
Yes, I know what you would say. Thank you, Captain Fred.
_Clara._
[_Embracing Rose._] Never mind! we will continue to let Arthur out
at night as usual. I am a married woman! [_joining De Foenix_], and a
married woman will turn, if you tread upon her often enough-----!
[_De Foenix and Clara depart._]
_Rose._
[_Pacing the room, shaking her hands in the air desperately._] Oh--h--h!
ah--h--h!
[_The upper part of the folding-doors opens, and Charles appears._]
_Charles._
[_Mysteriously._] Miss Rose---
_Rose._