She has some difficulty in manipulating
both the tray and the door. Finally man-
ages to close the door with her foot.
Then she rests the tray on the balcony rail
for a moment of readjustment before
starting the length of the balcony to de-
scend the stairs. As she starts along the
balcony Jo, the houseman, enters from the
servants' entrance downstairs, also carry-
ing a laden tray. He is wearing a white
housecoat. He is a man of about forty-
eight or fifty.

JO goes straight toward the stairway and
up, passing Della, who is coming down.
They pass about a third of the way up.
As they are a step or two past each other
the telephone on the stage rings. There
is a brief glance between them, an un-
spoken "There's the 'phone." Della,
downward bound, naturally is the one to
answer it. She looks about for a con-
venient place upon which to put her tray.
Goes to the telephone.

DELLA
Hello!

(The house 'phone, somewhere in the
servants) entrance, rings. Jo is at the top
of the stairs. Della looks up at him; mo-
tions towards the doorway. Jo looks
about in indecision, then puts the tray on

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