[Maggie, Susan and Verbena enter the house]
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Oh, it was just wonderful!
Sharon McKendrick:
[coming down the stairs] Mother! Oh, I'm so glad you came! [Sharon and Maggie hug] Oh! You look wonderful! What'd you do to yourself?
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Do you like it?
Sharon McKendrick:
Oh, I love it!
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Oh darling! [Maggie hugs Sharon again] Oh! Finally! Both of you together at last. What do you think of each other?
Sharon McKendrick:
Fine.
Susan Evers:
We love each other!
Sharon McKendrick:
Hi, Sue.
Susan Evers:
Hi.
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
[Addressing Sharon] Oh and just look at you! That short hair.
Susan Evers:
I cut it, Mother.
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
You know, I like it.
Sharon McKendrick:
Oh, and I love yours, Mother.
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Where's your father?
Sharon McKendrick:
Oh, he's out somewhere on a horse.
Susan Evers:
[to Sharon] Are we in time?
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
[to Susan] Time?
Sharon McKendrick:
[to Susan] Didn't you tell her? [Susan shakes her head, no]
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Tell me what?
Susan Evers:
Well ...
Sharon McKendrick:
Dad's getting married.
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Well. When is all this taking place?
Verbena:
Saturday, supposedly. [Maggie looks away, anxiously]
Sharon McKendrick:
She just sort of infiltrated, Mother. And before you knew it, Dad was hooked.
Verbena:
If you ask me, Mr. Evers is slipping into his second childhood.
Margaret 'Maggie' McKendrick:
Oh your father is old enough to know what he's doing. Shall we go upstairs and get unpacked? I'm just dying to get into a hot shower after that long plane trip.
[Chatter as they all move up the stairs]