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14  Dorothy!  May I speak to you for a moment?  [To men.] Excuse me. Go in, gentlemen. Sit down without ceremony. I'll follow you presently. [To ] Well?  Sorry to trouble you at such a time, but the matter is urgent. It's about Peggy. Lucy, the nurse, is no longer a possible person to have charge of such a nervous, imaginative child. She must have a governess immediately.  [Going up.] I agree. Find one as soon as possible.  Another moment, Robert. Do you remember that our dear Margaret used to speak of a Swiss governess whom she wished to engage?  [Coming back.] The one she found in the Engadine? I do.  Well, this letter has come from the girl to-night. It was addressed to Margaret, and I thought you would like me to open it, so I did. Clearly the girl hasn't heard of our darling's death. She writes to say she is leaving her situation, and if Margaret still