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108  [Going.] Good night! [As the men pass out, the door on L. opens and ''enters. She is very pale and seems to take in everything at a glance.''  Margaret! My dear Margaret! You have come in the very nick of time.  [After shutting door on R.] Yes, in the very nick of time, my child.  Come, sit down, Margaret. Sit! Sit! [She allows herself to be led to a chair R. of who continues to stand back to table.] What a splendid idea of yours to go into the Minister's house in place of Freda! We were all against it, but we were wrong. You alone were right, but you didn't know how right you were. Tell her, father.  [Sitting L. of ] Listen, my child! The Council of our Club has just separated. You know why we met?  I know what Otto told me this morning.  About the English Minister?