She's coming up from Manchester on purpose.
[To HAKE.] Mrs. Chilvers hasn't returned yet, has she?
HAKE Not yet, miss. Shall I telephone -
PHOEBE [Shakes her head.] No; it's all right. I have seen her.
Let her know we are here the moment she comes in.
HAKE Yes, miss. [He has finished the arrangements. The table has
been placed in the centre of the room, six chairs round it, one of
them being a large armchair. He has placed writing materials and a
large silver gravy spoon. He is going.]
PHOEBE Why aren't you sure your wife wasn't at the meeting last
night? Didn't she say anything?
HAKE Well, miss, unfortunately, just as she was starting, Mrs.
Comerford--that's the wife of the party that keeps the shop
downstairs--looked in with an order for the theatre.
PHOEBE Oh!
HAKE So I thought it best to ask no questions.
PHOEBE Thank you.
HAKE Thank you, miss. [He goes out.]
ELIZABETH Can nothing be done to rouse the working-class woman out
of her apathy?
PHOEBE Well, if you ask me, I think a good deal has been done.
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