Mrs. Cloys.

Come——

Sir Fletcher Portwood.

Wait, Harriet, please! Allingham—Mr. Allingham—pardon me for putting such a question: surely you have not allowed—allowed—been a party to——?

Mrs. Cloys.

Allowed[Allowed]—what?

Sir Fletcher Portwood.

[Looking towards the library.] Harriet, you can hear most distinctly, in the library——

Mrs. Cloys.

Hear——!