MRS. KNOWLE (getting up). In case we don't—(she holds out her hand).
GERVASE (shaking it). Good-bye. And thank you so much.
MRS. KNOWLE. Not good-bye. Au revoir.
GERVASE (smiling). Thank you. (With a bow to JANE and BOBBY) Good-bye, in case——
BOBBY. Cheero.
JANE. Good-bye, Mr. Mallory.
MR. KNOWLE. Well, come along. (As they go out) It is curious how much time one has to spend in saying "How do you do" and "Good-bye." I once calculated that a man of seventy. . . .
[MR. KNOWLE and GERVASE go out.
MRS. KNOWLE. Jane, dear, would you mind coming with me to the drawing-room, and helping me to—er——
JANE (resigned). Of course, Aunt Mary.