ALICE:
Fix me--how "fix" me?

HATCH:
I'm sorry, Miss, but it's your own fault. You shouldn't have tried
to see us. Now that you HAVE, before we leave, I've got to tie you
to a chair--and gag you.

ALICE:
Oh, really--all of that?

HATCH:
I can't have you raising the neighborhood until we get well away.

ALICE:
I see. But--gagged--I'll look so foolish.

REDDY:
Well, there's no hurry. We won't get well away until I've had
something to eat.

ALICE:
Quite right.
(To Hatch.) You can tie me in a chair later, Mr. _______. But now
you must remember that I am your hostess.
(To REDDY.)
You'll find plates in the pantry, please.

REDDY: