A grossly offensive book!
Lady Filson.
[Anxiously.] He—he'll keep his word——?
Sir Randle.
To join us in persuading her to drop him——
Lady Filson.
If it fails?
Sir Randle.
[With conviction.] Yes. [Walking about.] Yes. We must be just. We owe it to ourselves to be just to Mr. Mackworth. He is not altogether devoid of gentlemanlike scruples.
Lady Filson.