[To Olive.] Excuse me; one moment——

[The three men go out, leaving Olive staring before her. John, Shafto, and Elphick are heard talking together in the hall.

John.

[Outside.] My dear Denzil! my dear Peter——!

Shafto.

[Outside.] My good fellow, we are not, at present, in the least hungry.

[Olive runs up the steps and disappears in the library.

John.

[Outside.] No conveyance of any kind to get you to the station——!

Elphick.