give you away; if you really feel so badly”—

Miss Spaulding: “Oh, do you think you can keep from telling him, Ethel dear?  Try!  And I will be your slave forever!”  Steps are heard on the stairs outside.  “Oh, there he comes!”  She dashes out of the door, and closes it after her, a moment before the maid-servant, followed by Mr. Ransom, taps at it.

III.

Scene: Miss Reed opens the door, and receives Mr. Ransom with well-affected surprise and state, suffering him to stand awkwardly on the threshold for a moment.