CARLEY _and_ LOUISE _come into the room from the Right without
speaking. They look from_ GEORGIANA _to_ STEVEN. _They are under the
strain of violent emotion almost too much for words. Their appearance is
tragic._] _There is a pause._
STEVEN. Sam has told you?
LOUISE. It isn't _true_ what he says?
MRS. CARLEY. [_Bursting out, as the strain breaks._] That everything's
gone? _Everything!_
[MRS. CARLEY _comes to_ STEVEN.
STEVEN. Yes, it's _true_!--
[_He moves up._
MRS. CARLEY. _We haven't a cent?_--not a _penny_! for car fare! for
theatre tickets! nothing for our wash bills, or to go away with in the
summer!
LOUISE. Georgiana's money gone too--now, Steve?
MRS. CARLEY. As well as _Louise's_ and _mine_?
GEORGIANA. Yes, mine's gone too now, but I'm going to take it just as
sensibly as Louise did before me.
MRS. CARLEY. She had yours to fall back on.
GEORGIANA. And I'm going to take myself off your hands, and Steve is
perfectly capable of getting some dignified position and taking care of
you and Louise.
MRS. CARLEY. Yes, I can imagine what that means! A flat with rooms like
a string of buttons, mantelpiece beds and divans! and all your friends
trying to get into the bathroom when they are looking for the hall door
to get out!
[COAST _comes in from the Right.
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