MRS. WESTERN. [_Sternly._] You--gave--it--her? HARVEY. [_Steadily._] Yes. MRS. WESTERN. You ask me to believe that you gave a bracelet to--this person--my children's governess? HARVEY. I did. MRS. WESTERN. An exact copy of the one you gave me? HARVEY. I've told you--it's not an exact copy--there's a difference in the setting. MRS. BANKET. Nonsense, nonsense, it can't be--he's just saying this-- JUDGE. Fanny, don't interfere. HARVEY. I'm saying what's true. MRS. WESTERN. I refuse to believe it. It's incredible. You've not sunk so low as that. It's a lie. HARVEY. [_Indignantly._] Alice! MRS. WESTERN. Yes, a lie. A trumped-up story. The girl has taken it-- MISS FARREN. I have not! MRS. WESTERN. You can tell that to the magistrate--[_She turns to_ HARVEY] and you too, if you like. [_She moves to the bell._ JUDGE. [_Putting out a hand to stop her._] Alice-- MRS. WESTERN. Leave me alone, Tom. I know what I'm doing. I'll send for a policeman. HARVEY. [_Imploringly._] Alice, Alice-- MRS. WESTERN. [_Pausing, with her hand on the bell._] I'll let the girl off, if you'll tell me the truth. HARVEY. I _have_ told you the truth. MRS. WESTERN. You persist in this silly falsehood? HARVEY. It isn't--I tell you it isn't! MRS. WESTERN. Very well, then. [_She presses the bell. At that moment the door bursts open, and_ MARTIN _comes in triumphantly, with the bracelet on a salver._ SMITHERS _and_ WILLIAM _are behind him, but do not pass beyond the threshold._ MARTIN. [_Eagerly._] Ma'am, ma'am, we've found the-- [MRS. WESTERN _has turned towards him, still holding the other bracelet in her hand._ MARTIN _catches sight of it, and stops dead short, staring bewilderedly at it._ MRS. WESTERN. [_Calmly._] Where did you find it? [_She takes the bracelet off the salver and lays it on the table._ MARTIN. [_With a great effort._] It had fallen into the pocket of the car--there was a hole in the pocket--it had worked its way right down into the body. MRS. WESTERN. Very well. Thank you. [MARTIN _goes; the other servants have already slunk off. There is a moment's silence._ MRS. WESTERN _suddenly flings the bracelet she has in her hand in_ MISS FARREN'S _direction._ MRS. WESTERN. [_Contemptuously._] Here. I return you your property. And now pack up your things and leave the house. HARVEY. [_Who has stepped forward and picked up the bracelet, standing between_ MRS. WESTERN _and_ MISS FARREN.] No. MRS. WESTERN. [_Staring at him._] What? HARVEY. [_Violently._] I say, No! MRS. WESTERN. I have told the girl to leave my house. HARVEY. _My_ house--mine! And she shall stay in it! Or, at least, when she goes, it shall be without the slightest stain or suspicion-- MRS. WESTERN. [_Scornfully._] I am not accusing her of theft. HARVEY. But you are insinuating--I declare solemnly before you all--