You've been more than that; you've been cruelly unjust to
Blanche in all that you've said!
MISS GODESBY. Perhaps I have, but I don't feel in a very generous mood;
I've some excuse--so please forgive me.
[WARDEN _reenters Left._
WARDEN. [_To_ JESSICA.] Mason is waiting for you with the sleigh. He's
going first to my house. Dick may have gone back there to hear the
result of my interview with Ryder,--then Mason'll try his own house and
Sterling's club.
GODESBY. The _police_ are the best men to find Sterling, whatever's
happened.
WARDEN. [_To_ GODESBY.] You wait a minute with me; I haven't finished
with you yet. [_To_ JESSICA.] I'll stay here for your sister, in case
she comes.
[JESSICA _goes out Left._
GODESBY. [_To_ MISS GODESBY.] Don't you give in!
MISS GODESBY. Not for a minute! [_To_ WARDEN.] Don't you think, under
the circumstances, the wedding breakfast had better be called off, and
my brother and I go back to town?
WARDEN. Not till you've given me your promise, both of you, that you
will keep silent about the embezzlement of your bonds for the sake of
Mrs. Sterling and her son.
MISS GODESBY. [_Half laughs._] Huh!
WARDEN. For the sake of her mother, who is your friend.
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