Seduction

SERVANT

Miss Marian Halcombe

(Fosco is pleasantly surprised. He shoos the servant away.
He slicks back his hair back, adjusts his smoking jacket.
The servant exits as Marian enters)

FOSCO

To what Miss Halcombe do we owe this honour?
Each successive day was getting duller

MARIAN (as she takes her coat off, revealing her red dress to him for the first time)

Well I somehow thought you might be missing me

FOSCO

I must tell you scarlet is your color

MARIAN

I cannot spend all my life in mourning
Though in ev'ry way I miss my sister

FOSCO

Truly you display a healthy attitude


MARIAN