ALICE:
(at telephone)
Yes, you have. The up-track's clear until "52" comes along.
That's not until--

VOICE:
(Louder)
Alice!

ALICE:
(with dismay)
Mother!
(At telephone)
Hello, hold the wire. Don't go away!
(Runs to curtains, parts them, and looks up as though speaking to
some one at top of stairs)
Mother, why AREN'T you in bed?

VOICE:
Is anything wrong, Alice?

ALICE:
No, dear, no. I just came down to--get a book I forgot. Please go
back, dearest.

VOICE:
I heard you moving about. I thought you might be ill.

ALICE: