DELIA (jumping up). I think _I'd_ better go straight back to Paris.
BELINDA (jumping up and catching her firmly by the arms). You will
do nothing of the sort. You will take off that hat--(she lets go of
the arm and begins to take out the pin) which is a perfect duck,
and I don't know why I didn't say so before--(she puts the hat down
on the table) and let me take a good look at you (she does so), and
kiss you (she does so), and then we'll go to your room and unpack
and have a lovely talk about clothes. And then we'll have tea.
[BETTY comes in.]
BELINDA. And now here's Betty coming in to upset all our delightful
plans, just when we've made them.
DELIA. How are you, Betty? I've left school.
BETTY. Very nicely, thank you, miss. You've grown.
BELINDA (patting the top of DELIA'S head). I'm much taller than she
is. ... Well, Betty, what is it?
BETTY. The two gentlemen, Mr. Baxter and Mr. Devenish, have both
called together, ma'am.
BELINDA (excited). Oh! How--how very simultaneous of them!
DELIA (eagerly). Oh, do let me see them!
BELINDA. Darling, you'll see plenty of them before you've finished.
(To BETTY) What have you done with them?
BETTY. They're waiting in the hall, ma'am, while I said I would see
if you were at home.
BELINDA. All right, Betty. Give me two minutes and then show them
out here.
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