m _home_! How'll we
ask for the pictures?

CARRIE. Why, mommer! "Tableaux!" "Tableaux!" I should think you'd 'a'
learned that from our church entertainments! Good-by; thank you ever so
much.

MRS. LOPP. You haven't lost _your party_, too, have you?

JINNY. [_Smiling._] I hope not! He _promised_ to come back!!

MRS. LOPP. Oh! pleased to have met you--Good-by!

[_They start off Left._

JINNY. No, not that way--back the way you came.

MRS. LOPP. Oh, thank you!

[_She drops her black silk bag; out of it drop crackers, an account
book, a thimble, a thread-and-needle case, a bottle of pepsin tablets,
etc. They all stoop to pick the collection up, JINNY helping._

JINNY. [_Handing._] I'm sure you'll want these!

MRS. LOPP. Yes, indeed; don't you find them coupon meals very
dissatisfactory?

CARRIE. Thank you ever so much again. Come on, mommer!

[_MRS. LOPP and CARRIE go out Left._

[_JINNY looks at her watch and goes back to her letter._

[_MRS. CULLINGHAM enters Left._

MRS. CULLINGHAM. [_Screams._] Jinny!

JINNY. [_Jumps up._] Mrs. Cullingham! [_They embrace._] Did Jack find
you?

MRS. CULLINGHAM. No, we haven't seen him! Ruth and Peter are dawdling
along, each on their own; I like to shoot through a gallery. There's no
use spending so much time; when it's over you've mixed everything all up
just the same!

JINNY. [_Laughing._] Well, I've this minute read a letter from Geoffrey
saying you were over here. And Jack, who thought he got a glimpse of you
a little while ago, went straight off to try and find you.

MRS. CULLINGHAM. What fun it is to see you--and how _happy_ you look!

JINNY. I couldn't _look_ as happy as I _feel_!

MRS. CULLINGHAM. [_Glancing at the statue._] Who's your friend? Nice
gent, isn't he?

[_Laughing._

JINNY. Mr. Apollo! Would you like to meet him?

MRS. CULLINGHAM. [_Hesitates._] Er--no--I don't think! You must draw the
line somewhere! He wouldn't do a thing to Corbett, would he?

JINNY. Who was Corbett?

MRS. CULLINGHAM. He was a prize fighter, and _is_--but that's another
story-- Do you mean to say you've never heard of him?

JINNY. Oh, the name sounds familiar. But this, you know, is Apollo.

MRS. CULLINGHAM. No, I don't know; was he a champion?

JINNY. No, he was a Greek god!

MRS. CULLINGHAM. Oh, was he? Well, I wouldn't have cared about being in
the tailoring business in those days, would you? Let's sit down. [_They
sit on bench Right._] Of