_Imogen._
Cost of producing the opening play, five hundred pounds. Balance
for emergencies, three hundred. You generally have a balance for
emergencies.
_Tom._
You generally have the emergencies, if not the balance?
_Imogen._
Now, the question is, will five hundred produce the play?
_Tom._
What play?
_Imogen._
Your play.
_Tom._
[_Quietly._] My----.
_Imogen._
Your comedy.
_Tom._
[_Turning to the fire--in a low voice._] Rubbish!
_Imogen._
Well, Mr. Clandon thinks it _isn't._ [_He faces her sharply._] I gave it
to him to read, and he--well, he's quite taken with it.
_Tom._
[_Walking about, his hands in his pockets, his head down,
agitatedly._]Clandon--Landon--what's his name-----?
_Imogen._