CTHE CLIMBERS



  (Her voice breaks and her eyes fill with fears.

  WARDEN. [Almost tenderly.] Shall we go inside

  BLANCHE. No, no! Let us stay out in the air;

my head would burst in one of these close little

rooms. Have you seen mother

  WARDEN. No, not yet.

  BLANCHE. Where is Dick Did he go to

Ryder's

  WARDEN. No, but I have some good news to

tell you all the same - Ryder has promised silence.

  BLANCHE. [With tremendous relief.] Oh! that's

too good, too good to be true! To whom did he

promise 

WARDEN. I want you not to ask me that.

  BLANCHE. I can guess, it was-

  WARDEN. [Lying.] No, it was - Mason.

  BLANCHE. [Doubling him.] Mr. Mason

  WARDEN. And I've more good news for you,



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