Janet. (Positively and curtly.) I don't think so.
Honoria. Of course you know him very well?
Janet. Well, it's like this. I'm his cousin. We aren't exactly engaged to be married——
Honoria. (In a changed tone.) Oh, I see! Good afternoon.
Janet. Good afternoon.
(Exit Honoria.)
Carve. (Who has hesitatingly wandered back towards centre; in a quite different tone now that he is alone again with Janet.) What's this about being engaged to be married?
Janet. (Smiling.) I was telling her we weren't engaged to be married. That's true, I suppose?
Carve. But are we cousins?
Janet. Yes. I've got my reputation to think about. I don't want to coddle it, but there's no harm in just keeping an eye on it.