HUBERT (_going to the centre of the room_): Well, that's that....

OLIVIA: Wait a minute, wasn't there another one? (_Seeing the
hat-box_) Oh, yes....

HUBERT (_lifting it on to a chair_): Oh, this; yes....

DORA: Old-fashioned, isn't it?

MRS. TERENCE: I should think he got it from a box-room at the
Tallboys--

OLIVIA (_puzzled_): But it looks so extraordinary--(_She gives a
sudden gasp.)

They look at her. She is staring at the box. A pause._

HUBERT: What is it?

OLIVIA: I don't know.... Suppose there is something ... inside it?

_A pause. They stare at her, fascinated by her thought. The front
door bangs. They are electrified into action: but it is too late. It
is_ DAN. _He goes briskly to the table._

DAN: She wants to sit in the sun now and have a bit of _East
Lynne_. Talk about changin' your mind--

_He sees the suitcases on the table before him, and is motionless and
silent. A pause. The others dare not move. He finally breaks the