] I'm
not quite sure, miss. I gave her the evening out.
PHOEBE "Gave her the evening out"!
ELIZABETH We are speaking of your wife, man, not your servant.
HAKE Yes, miss. You see, we don't keep servants in our class.
Somebody's got to put the children to bed.
ELIZABETH Why not the man--occasionally?
HAKE Well, you see, miss, in my case, I rarely getting home much
before midnight, it would make it so late. Yesterday being my
night off, things fitted in, so to speak. Will there be any
writing, miss?
PHOEBE Yes. See that there's plenty of blotting-paper. [To
ELIZABETH.] Mamma always splashes so.
HAKE Yes, miss. [He goes out.]
ELIZABETH Did you ever hear anything more delightfully naive? He
"gave" her the evening out. That's how they think of us--as their
servants. The gentleman hasn't the courage to be straightforward
about it. The butler blurts out the truth. Why are we meeting
here instead of at our own place?
PHOEBE For secrecy, I expect. Too many gasbags always about the
office.
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