MAUD. Worthy. But you do, you know.

BUILDER. Look here! Are you trying to get a rise out of me?--because
you won't succeed this morning.

MAUD. I thought you were trying to get one out of me.

BUILDER. Well, how would you express it?

MAUD. "I know I'm the best man for the place, and so do you--"

BUILDER. The disrespect of you young people is something extraordinary.
And that reminds me where do you go every evening now after tea?

MAUD. I--I don't know.

BUILDER. Come now, that won't do--you're never in the house from six to
seven.

MAUD. Well! It has to do with my education.

BUILDER. Why, you finished that two years ago!

MAUD. Well, call it a hobby, if you like, then, father.

She takes up the letter she brought in and seems on the point of
broaching it.

BUILDER. Hobby? Well, what is it?