DINAH. Hear, hear!
LADY MARDEN (to GEORGE). Isn't it that girl's bedtime yet?
OLIVIA (to DINAH). We'll let her sit up a little longer if she's good.
DINAH. I will be good, Olivia, only I thought anybody, however important a debate was, was allowed to say "Hear, hear!"
GEORGE (coldly) I really think we could discuss this better if Mr. Strange took Dinah out for a walk. Strange, if you—er—
OLIVIA. Tell them what you have settled first, George.
LADY MARDEN. Settled? What is there to be settled? It settles itself.
GEORGE (sadly). That's just it.
LADY MARDEN. The marriage must be annulled—is that the word, George?
GEORGE. I presume so.