Bishop. Ravishing creature! Who was Mr. Lloyd?
Mrs. R. Haslam. He seems to have been on the Stock Exchange. He was a Chelmsford man, and had a house just outside the town.
Bishop. Indeed! I never met him. Did he leave a large fortune?
Mrs. R. Haslam. Oh, no! The house—not much else, I believe.
Bishop. Probably an admiration for your work was the original basis of the—er——
Mrs. R. Haslam. Oh, no! I was first introduced to Mrs. Lloyd by Charlie, my second son. In fact, quite confidentially, Bishop; we thought it was a match between them.
Bishop. But heaven decided otherwise?
Mrs. R. Haslam. Cedric decided otherwise.
(Enter Mr. R. Haslam, back.)