MARTIN. [_Eagerly._] Ma'am, ma'am, we've found the--

[MRS. WESTERN _has turned towards him, still holding the other

bracelet in her hand._ MARTIN _catches sight of it, and stops dead

short, staring bewilderedly at it._

MRS. WESTERN. [_Calmly._] Where did you find it?

[_She takes the bracelet off the salver and lays it on the

table._

MARTIN. [_With a great effort._] It had fallen into the pocket of the

car--there was a hole in the pocket--it had worked its way right down into

the body.

MRS. WESTERN. Very well. Thank you.

[MARTIN _goes; the other servants have already slunk off. There

is a moment's silence._ MRS. WESTERN _suddenly flings the

bracelet she has in her hand in_ MISS FARREN'S _direction._

MRS. WESTERN. [_Contemptuously._] Here. I return you your property. And

now pack up your things and leave the house.

HARVEY. [_Who has stepped forward and picked up the bracelet, standing

between_ MRS. WESTERN _and_ MISS FARREN.] No.

MRS. WESTERN. [_Staring at him._] What?

HARVEY. [_Violently._] I say, No!

MRS. WESTERN. I have told the girl to leave my house.

HARVEY. _My_ house--mine! And she shall stay in it! Or, at least, when she

goes, it shall be without the slightest stain or suspicion--

MRS. WESTERN. [_Scornfully._] I am not accusing her of theft.

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