Mrs. Cloys.

I admit it. Mrs. Allingham, I am sure you don’t grudge——

Olive.

No, no; indeed I don’t. I—I hope you will succeed—to the utmost——

[She turns away, and goes out by the dining-room door.

Mrs. Emptage.

[Rising, fretfully.] It seems to me everything is taken out of one’s hands——

Sir Fletcher.

In a most unceremonious way——

Mrs. Emptage.