J.M. Barrie:
I do apologize for interrupting.
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
Would you close the door, please?
J.M. Barrie:
Certainly.
[he closes the door]
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
Sylvia has told me you have offered her the services of your household staff.
J.M. Barrie:
Well, not exactly.
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
That won't be necessary.
J.M. Barrie:
I'll leave that to Sylvia, of course.
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
You'll leave that to ME, Mr.Barrie. You see, I'm moving in here from now on.
J.M. Barrie:
You're moving in?
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
I'm going where I'm most needed. And I can certainly see to it that this house is managed without resorting to your charity.
J.M. Barrie:
It isn't charity, Mrs du Maurier. I was only trying to help, as a friend.
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
Have you no idea how much your friendship has already cost my daughter? Or are you really that selfish?
J.M. Barrie:
I beg your pardon?
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
Don't you see what a visit to the summer cottage of a married man does for a widow's future prospects? Sylvia needs to find someone. The boys need a father. And you are destroying any hope this family has of pulling itself together again.
J.M. Barrie:
I have only wanted good things for this family, Mrs du Maurier.
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
I'll look after them. You have your own family to concern yourself with.
J.M. Barrie:
What are you suggesting?
Mrs. Emma du Maurier:
I'm suggesting that you protect what you have, Mr.Barrie. That is percisely what I am doing.
