MISS CARSTON _Aunt Elsie_
MR. MAITLAND _Uncle Marcus_
MARCUS }
DINAH } _Dogs_
PEGGY }
MISS CARSTON _on the sofa, in the library at Bestways, suffering from
sciatica_. MR. MAITLAND _in an armchair. He has come from Scotland
anxious to discuss with her a matter of vital importance._
MISS CARSTON. Diana? Oh, yes, she said to me yesterday—Oh, Mr.
Maitland, open the door, please. It’s Marky!
(MR. MAITLAND _opens the door_, MARKY _walks in very slowly_.)
MISS CARSTON. Well, Marky man, coming to his mother, is he? There’s
a darling—did his ear hurt—not scratch-scratch—beauts-beauts; not
scratch-scratch. When mother’s up, she brushes the darling!