...
OLIVIA: Wait a minute, wasn't there another one? (_Seeing the
hat-box_) Oh, yes....
HUBERT (_lifting it on to a chair_): Oh, this; yes....
DORA: Old-fashioned, isn't it?
MRS. TERENCE: I should think he got it from a box-room at the
Tallboys--
OLIVIA (_puzzled_): But it looks so extraordinary--(_She gives a
sudden gasp.)
They look at her. She is staring at the box. A pause._
HUBERT: What is it?
OLIVIA: I don't know.... Suppose there is something ... inside it?
_A pause. They stare at her, fascinated by her thought. The front
door bangs. They are electrified into action: but it is too late. It
is_ DAN. _He goes briskly to the table._
DAN: She wants to sit in the sun now and have a bit of _East
Lynne_. Talk about changin' your mind--
_He sees the suitcases on the table before him, and is motionless and
silent. A pause. The others dare not move. He finally breaks the
situation, takes up "East Lynne" from the table, and walks slowly back
to the front door. He stops, looks round at_ HUBERT, _smiles, and
comes down to him.
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