[_She goes out with_ BELLA _Left, and_ LOUISE _enters._ STEVEN. Louise, it's true! LOUISE. Oh, Steve! STEVEN. It was a press telegram and has been verified by private wire. Besides, Mrs. Coleman has a telegram from Dick himself. LOUISE. From where? STEVEN. From San Francisco, when the Colemans were at Palm Beach. Their servants foolishly _mailed_ the telegram to them, and before it arrived in Florida, they were on their way North, coming by easy stages. LOUISE. [_Rises._] And the message only just caught up with them! Who will tell her? [MOLES _comes in Left with a note._ MOLES. A note just come for you, sir, by Mr. Coleman's man. STEVEN. We must break it very gently, prepare her a little for it if we can. [_To_ MOLES.] Thanks. [_Takes note, opens it, and reads it hurriedly._] He's there! With his father and mother! MOLES. [_Forgetting himself._] Oh, sir--I'm so glad! Excuse me, sir, but we're all so glad, sir--any answer sir? [_His eyes fill up._ STEVEN. No, only tell Miss Georgiana I want to see her. MOLES. [_Who has to swallow a lump in his throat before he can speak._] Yes, sir. [_He goes out Right._ LOUISE. [_Wiping her eyes, goes to_ STEVEN.] What does it say? STEVEN. [_Reads the note._] "Dick and the answer from Washington arrived together!" He'll be over here at once--they won't keep him. LOUISE. We must tell her before he gets here. STEVEN. Yes. LOUISE. We must do it very carefully. STEVEN. But we mustn't lose any time. [GEORGIANA _comes in during this last speech, overhearing it. A movement is made by others on_ GEORGIANA'S _entrance._ GEORGIANA. "Losing time!" Am I keeping you from anything? I'm very sorry! LOUISE. [_Very tenderly, and hiding her emotion._] No, you're not keeping us, Georgy, we only wanted to see you, that's all. GEORGIANA. [_Going to her._] Why? STEVEN. [_Also very tenderly._] Do we have to have a reason to want to see you, isn't that we love you enough? GEORGIANA. Yes, but why do you speak to me like this?--it's very kind of you--only--what does it mean? [_Smiling a little nervously, they hesitate._ LOUISE. Steve has news for you, Georgy. GEORGIANA. I know about it, Coast told me. STEVEN. It isn't that, Georgy. GEORGIANA. What is it, then? How serious you both look. [_She becomes frightened._ STEVEN. This is _good_ news. GEORGIANA. _Good_ news! LOUISE. Yes. STEVEN. The best in the world! GEORGIANA. For me? STEVEN. For you! GEORGIANA. [_A second's pause, she speaks then in a low voice._] No, it can't be! It can't be! STEVEN. Yes, it _is_, Georgy! GEORGIANA. No! STEVEN. Georgy! It _is_! [MOLES _enters Left._ MOLES. [_With voice full of happy emotion which he cannot disguise._] Please, sir-- [_He hesitates._ STEVEN. Show him here, Moles. [MOLES _lowers his head and goes out._ GEORGIANA. Dick--? [_She looks from_ STEVEN _to_ LOUISE. _They all show her by their faces and movements that it is true._ GEORGIANA. [_Whispers._] Dick!