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at's right! Go straight on till you find her. Mrs. Christensen (who meantime has come forward with MRS. RIIS). I have been thinking so much about you the last day or two, my dear! What a tiresome business this is! Mrs. Riis. Do you mind my asking if you knew anything about it before? Mrs. Christensen. What is there that a mother--and a wife--escapes the knowledge of nowadays, my dear! She was in my service, you know. Come here! (Tells MRS. RIIS something in a whisper, ending with something about "discovery" and "dismissal.") Riis (offering the ladies chairs). Won't you sit down?--Oh, I beg your pardon! I did not see--. (Hurries to CHRISTENSEN.) Excuse me, but are you really comfortable in that chair? Christensen. Thank you, I am just as uncomfortable here as anywhere else. It is the sitting down and getting up again that bothers me more than anything else. (Looks round.) I have just been to see him. Riis. Hoff? Christensen. Honest fellow. Stupid. Riis. So long as he holds his tongue-- Christensen. He'll do that. Riis. Thank heaven for that! Then we have only ourselves to consider. I suppose it cost you a bit? Christensen. Not a penny! Riis. You got out of it cheap, then. Christensen. Yes, didn't I? Still, as a matter of fact, he has cost me quite enough already--although he knows nothing about that. Riis. Indeed? When he failed, I suppose. Christensen. No, when he married. Riis. Oh, I understand. Christensen. And I didn't think I should hear any more about it after that.--You ladies seem to be having a fine game of whispering! (MRS. CHRISTENSEN comes forward. RIIS places chairs for her and his wife.) Mrs. Christensen. I was telling Mrs. Riis about the Miss Tang affair. She really seems to have risen from her grave! Christensen. Is your daughter at home, may I ask? Riis. I have sent to fetch her. Mrs. Christensen. I hope the last few days have taught her a lesson too, poor girl! She suffers from a fault that unusually clever people are very liable to--I mean self-righteousness. Riis. Exactly! You are perfectly right! But I should call it arrogance! Mrs. Christensen. I should not like to say that--but presumption, perhaps. Mrs. Riis. Why do you say that, Mrs. Christensen? Mrs. Christensen. Because of various conversations I have had with her. I was speaking to her once about a man's being his wife's master. In these days it is a good thing to impress that on young g
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