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——!