QUEX.
[_Following them with_ MURIEL.] Good morning, Miss Fullgarney.
SOPHY.
[_Blankly._] G--good morning, my lord. [QUEX _and_ MURIEL _go out, followed by_ MISS LIMBIRD. SOPHY _stands aghast, her bosom heaving._]
Oh! oh! oh! [_The door-gong sounds._ POLLITT _appears at the window._ SOPHY _is wringing her hands._] Oh--!
POLLITT.
[_Entering._] My love! what"s the matter?
SOPHY.
She--she"s left me, without a word!
POLLITT.
She?
SOPHY.
Muriel--without so much as wishing me good-morning. [_With a sob._] Oh!
when I"ve done what I can for everybody!
[_The_ portiere _is pulled aside and_ MURIEL _returns, unaccompanied, and comes to_ SOPHY"S _side swiftly._
MURIEL.
[_To_ SOPHY.] Forgive me. You did it for the best. [_Kissing her._] I"m sorry--
SOPHY.
[_Throwing her arms round_ MURIEL"S _neck._] Oh! my darling--! [MURIEL _runs out._ SOPHY _goes to_ POLLITT _and drops her head upon his breast, restfully._] Ah! _that"s_ all right.
[_The door-gong sounds finally._
THE END.
_THE PLAYS OF ARTHUR W. PINERO_
_THE TIMES_
_THE PROFLIGATE_
_THE CABINET MINISTER_
_THE HOBBY-HORSE_
_LADY BOUNTIFUL_
_THE MAGISTRATE_
_DANDY d.i.c.k_
_SWEET LAVENDER_
_THE SCHOOLMISTRESS_
_THE WEAKER s.e.x_
_THE AMAZONS_
_THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY_
_THE NOTORIOUS MRS. EBBSMITH_
_THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT_
_THE PRINCESS AND THE b.u.t.tERFLY_
_TRELAWNY OF THE "WELLS"_