[To him.] Sssh!

Sir Fletcher Portwood.

Her behaviour on that one memorable afternoon proved that her marriage to a dignitary of the Church was something worse than a fluke—a sacrilege.

Mrs. Quinton Twelves.

[Quietly to Claude.] What is it?

Claude.

[Quietly to her.] She called him a Bore.

Mrs. Quinton Twelves.

[Going to Justina.] Do you think I could steal downstairs and get away? She used to tell me I was an empty-headed little fool.

Sir Fletcher Portwood.