[_Boy moves as though to part the curtains. She screams a stifled little scream and both he and she rush to the curtains to hold them together._ SHE Oh, Bob, if you won't get out I'll do anything for you. BOY Well, I'm cold. SHE Mr. Gordon, please go. HE I won't go! SHE You are very strange, indeed.... I'll go! [_She nears the door--Stops._ SHE Never mind. BOY Oh, Henry, it's Ethel. HE Bob, won't you be a good sport? We'll turn our backs. BOY But will everybody else turn their back? HE Old man, can't you see how it is? We're--we're going to be engaged--and Ethel is out there--and--and--well-- BOY Joe's out there, too. HE Well, yes. SHE Bob, I shall tell Father on you. [_She starts._ BOY All right, go ahead. I'll tell Ethel. SHE Just wait. BOY I'll get out of here! [_Again the two rush precipitately to hold the Boy in place._ HE Bob, be a man! You are childish and common. You are old enough to know better and I think it's an outrage for you to subject your sister to this fright. We can't go out of here just now--and you're making it very embarrassing for us. SHE Mr. Gordon--there's a cape in that closet. Will you get it for Bob.... He says he's cold. [_He goes to the closet._ SHE Bob, I'll get even with you. You ought to be ashamed. I'm humiliated. BOY Why--Sis? SHE Imagine my being with a gentleman and having a very naked boy pop into the conversation. [_He returns with the cape._ HE Here's the cape. [_He tosses it over the Boy's head and suddenly leans over and kisses her._ BOY Why don't you smother me! [_Boy begins to emerge._ SHE Bob, be careful. [_He and She turn away._ _The Boy rises and as he does so the cloak falls about him until, when he steps out of the curtains, he discloses trousers and shoes._ BOY I can't go through the hall looking like this. SHE You must. HE (_turning_) Go away, Bob. Your sister is very nervous. [_He sees the boy fairly well clothed. He gasps._ HE Why-- SHE Bob-- [_Turning she sees the boy fairly well clothed._ I thought--How did you--Why didn't you--What were you doing in there? BOY Father was going to get strict and keep me off the water tonight and just as I came down here to get my sweater I heard him coming to the coat room so I jumped behind the curtains and let him pass and then Joe and Ethel came in and I couldn't let them see me this way. And then somebody else came and then you came in--well, I got cold. HE (_looking out_) Run on now, Bob, the hall is clear. [_Boy starts._ BOY What was it you did, Sis? SHE I didn't do it. BOY Why didn't you do it? SHE I didn't do anything. BOY He said Joe squeezed your hand. SHE Absurd! BOY Well, I hope not, because he and Ethel got engaged in here too! [_He and She look fondly at each other and He murmurs_, "Genevieve" _as he reaches out for her_.