(_A middle-aged woman comes and gets on the scale._ Simms _adjusts it to her weight of the previous week, which_ Stanton _reads to him from the book in a low voice, and weighs her._) MURRAY (_with a relieved sigh_). They're off. (_Noticing_ Eileen's _downcast head and air of dejection._) Here! Buck up, Eileen! Old Lady Grundy's watching you--and it's your turn in a second. (Eileen _raises her head and forces a frightened smile._ Mrs. Abner _gets down off the scale with a pleased grin. She has evidently gained. She rejoins the group of women, chattering volubly in low tones. Her exultant "gained half a pound" can be heard. The other women smile their perfunctory congratulations, their eyes absent-minded, intent on their own worries._ Stanton _writes down the weight in the book._) STANTON. Miss Bailey. (_A young girl goes to the scales._) MURRAY. Bailey looks bad, doesn't she? EILEEN (_her lips trembling_). She's been losing, too. MURRAY. Well, _you're_ going to gain to-day. Remember, now! EILEEN (_with a feeble smile_). I'll try to obey your orders. (Miss Bailey _goes down off the scales. Her eyes are full of despondency although she tries to make a brave face of it, forcing a laugh as she joins the women. They stare at her with pitying looks and murmur consoling phrases._) EILEEN. She's lost again. Oh, I wish I didn't have to get weighed---- STANTON. Miss Carmody. (Eileen _starts nervously._) MURRAY (_as she leaves him_). Remember now! Break the scales! (_She walks quickly to the scales, trying to assume an air of defiant indifference. The balance stays down as she steps up._ Eileen's _face shows her despair at this._ Simms _weighs her and gives the poundage in a low voice to_ Stanton. Eileen _steps down mechanically, then hesitates as if not knowing where to turn, her anguished eyes flitting from one group to another._) MURRAY (_savagely_). Damn! (Doctor Stanton _writes the figures in his book, glances sharply at_ Eileen, _and then nods significantly to_ Mrs. Turner _who is standing beside him._) STANTON (_calling the next_). Miss Doeffler. (_Another woman comes to be weighed._) MRS. TURNER. Miss Carmody! Will you come here a moment, please? EILEEN (_her face growing very pale_). Yes, Mrs. Turner.