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"_