ISOBEL (getting up). I may have overlooked one; I’ll go and see. There was a great deal of rubbish there.
ROYCE. Can’t I?
ISOBEL. Would you? You know where. Thank you so much.
ROYCE (going). Right.
WILLIAM. Thank you very much, Mr. Royce, I’m sorry to trouble you.
(There is a little silence after ROYCE is gone. ISOBEL is thinking her own thoughts, not quite such unhappy ones now; WILLIAM is nervous and excited. After much polishing of his glasses he begins.)
WILLIAM. Isobel, I have been thinking very deeply of late about this terrible business.
ISOBEL. Yes?
WILLIAM (going to the desk). Is this the statement?
ISOBEL. Is it?