That's not until--
VOICE:
(Louder)
Alice!
ALICE:
(with dismay)
Mother!
(At telephone)
Hello, hold the wire. Don't go away!
(Runs to curtains, parts them, and looks up as though speaking to
some one at top of stairs)
Mother, why AREN'T you in bed?
VOICE:
Is anything wrong, Alice?
ALICE:
No, dear, no. I just came down to--get a book I forgot. Please go
back, dearest.
VOICE:
I heard you moving about. I thought you might be ill.
ALICE:
No, dearest, but YOU'LL be very ill if you don't keep in bed.
Please, mother--at once. It's all right, it's all right.
VOICE:
Yes, dear. Good night.
ALICE:
Good night, mother.
(Returns quickly to telephone)
Hello! Hello! Stop the engine at the foot of our lawn. Yes, yes,
at the foot of our lawn. And when you have the house surrounded,
when the men are all around the house, blow three whistles so I'll
know you're here. What? Oh, that's all right. The burglars will
be here. I'LL see to that. All YOU have to do is to GET here. If
you don't you, you'll lose your job! I say, if you don't, you'll
lose your job, or I'm not the daughter of the president of this
road.
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