The Big Drum: A Comedy in Four Acts

by Arthur Wing Pinero

Good-bye?

Ottoline.

Yes; he's going away—abroad—for some months. [With a motion of her head towards the hall.] He's in the hall. May I——?

Lady Filson.

[Rising.] Er—do.

Sir Randle.

Do.

Ottoline.

[Returning to the door and calling.] Sir Timothy——!

[There is a brief pause, during which Sir Randle and Lady Filson interrogate each other silently, and then Sir Timothy Barradell enters. He is a well-knit, pleasant-looking Irishman of about forty, speaking with a slight brogue.