[Passing Mrs. Cloys, as if about to quit the room.

Mrs. Cloys.

[Touching his arm.] We’ll all keep our tempers, Fletcher. [He remains.] Yes, the thought came to me during the night—a long, anxious night——

Mrs. Emptage.

Ah, indeed!

Mrs. Cloys.

The thought that I would telegraph to the bishop the very first thing this morning.

Sir Fletcher Portwood.

The bishop!

Mrs. Cloys.