Don't hide them,
George. They attracted me from the start.
BRAITHEWAITE. How did you come here with my daughter at all, sir?
UNA [quickly]. I got off with him at the car barn when he
finished his run and asked him.
BRAITHEWAITE. Didn't you know you would lose your job by leaving
that way?
GEORGE [with a suppressed smile]. Yes, sir.
BRAITHEWAITE. And you came at any rate?
GEORGE. You see, sir, she gave me ----
UNA [interrupting hurriedly]. A beseeching look. Just one. I
didn't use more than was necessary. [Pointedly to GEORGE.] You
see, George, I have learnt economy from father. He hates me to be
extravagant.
BRAITHEWAITE. That, my dear, is the chief objection I have to
this episode -- it's extravagance.
UNA. Please don't call it an "episode," father.
BRAITHEWAITE. You must admit it's -- rather unusual.
UNA. In England, lords always marry chorus girls.
BRAITHEWAITE. But he is a conductor.
GEORGE [angry]. Yes. And conductors are ----
UNA. As hard working as chorus girls -- only. Don't be snobbish,
George. Of course a conductor is more unusual, I admit. I can't
help that though ---- [To her father.
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