Majority of 14.
MRS. MOUNTCALM-VILLIERS For us?
LADY MOGTON For us.
[JANET by this time has announced the figures. There is heard a
great burst of cheering, renewed again and again.]
JANET [Re-entering.] They want you! They want you!
[Mingled with the cheering come cries of "Speech! Speech!"]
LADY MOGTON You must say something.
[The band strikes up "The Conquering Hero." The women crowd round
ANNYS, congratulating her. GEOFFREY stands apart.]
PHOEBE [Screaming above the din.] Put on your cloak.
JANET [Rushes and gets it.]
[They wrap it round her.]
[ANNYS goes out on to the balcony, followed by the other women.
ELIZABETH, going last, fires a parting smile of triumph at
GEOFFREY.]
[A renewed burst of cheering announces their arrival on the
balcony. The crowd bursts into "For She's a Jolly Good Fellow"--
the band, making a quick change, joins in. GEOFFREY remains
centre.]
[JAWBONES enters unobserved. The singing ends with three cheers.
ANNYS is speaking.
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