Forty-eight words.
Sir Randle.
[Rising and strolling across to Lady Filson, as if seeking for inspiration.] Should Women Marry under Thirty? [Humming.] H'm, h'm, h'm—! [To Lady Filson.] Winnie——?
Lady Filson.
[Looking up at him.] I was considerably under thirty when we married, Randle.
Sir Randle.
[Triumphantly.] Ha! [Chuckling.] Ho, ho, ho! Capital! Ho, ho, ho! [Patting Lady Filson's shoulder.] Clever! Clever! [To Westrip, grandly.] There we have my response to the inquiry, Mr. Westrip. [Closing his eyes again.] Sir Randle Filson's views are best expressed by the statement that Lady Filson was considerably under thirty when she did him the honour of—er—becoming his wife.
Westrip.
Excellent, sir.
Sir Randle.