SHE
No, I want to stay here. I love this nook.
[He laughs nervously as she crosses to the curtains.
I should love to fill it full of great tall lilies.
[By this time she has become lyric and swept her arms against the curtains: with a cry, rushing to him for protection.
Henry, there's a man behind those curtains!
HE
I think we'd better go.
SHE
Oh, Henry, you're not going to leave him here.
HE
We'd better.
BOY [poking his head and a naked arm through the curtains
Yes, you'd better, because I'm going to get out of here.
SHE
Bob! You get your clothes on!
BOY
I told Mr. Gordon to get my clothes.
SHE
Mr. Gordon—
BOY
Call him Henry—just once—please, Genevieve.
HE (stiffly)
I'll get your clothes. Where are they?
BOY
In my room.
HE
What do you want?
BOY
Everything.
SHE (straightening up)
Don't be common, Robert.
[He starts for the door.
HE
No, I'm not going.
SHE
Hen—Mr. Gordon!… Very well. I'll go!
HE
No, you won't go either!
SHE
Please!
BOY
Well, I'll go.
[Boy moves as though to part the curtains. She screams a stifled little scream and both he and she rush to the curtains to hold them together.
SHE
Oh, Bob, if you won't get out I'll do anything for you.
BOY
Well, I'm cold.
SHE
Mr. Gordon, please go.