Simon
Damn everything! Damn! Damn! Damn!
Sorel
Swearing doesn’t help.
Simon
It helps me a lot.
Sorel
What does Father mean by going on like that?
Judith
In view of the imminent reception, you’d better go and shave, Simon.
Sorel
Bursting into tears of rage.
It’s perfectly beastly! Whenever I make any sort of plan about anything it’s always done in by someone. I wish I were earning my own living somewhere—a free agent—able to do whatever I liked without being cluttered up and frustrated by the family—
Judith
Picturesquely.
It grieves me to hear you say that, Sorel.
Sorel
Don’t be infuriating, Mother.
Judith
Sadly.
A change has come over my children of late. I have tried to shut my eyes to it, but in vain. At my time of life one must face bitter facts!
Simon
This is going to be the blackest Saturday till Monday we’ve ever spent.