(With heavy charm.) It always interests me so much when I hear of the young—and I trust you won’t be offended if I include you in their number—when I hear of the young taking to writing. It is one of the most important duties that we of the older generation can perform—to help and encourage the young with their work. It’s a great service to the cause of Art.
SIR JASPER.
That was what I was always saying to Mrs. Towler, if I remember rightly.
TOPSY.
I can’t tell you, Mr. Tyrrell, how delightful it is to have one’s work taken seriously. I am so grateful to you. May I send you my little efforts, then?
CAIN.
(Executes a step dance to the furious clicking of a pair of bones.)
SIR JASPER.
I congratulate you, Aston. A most masterful bit of strategy.
BELLE.