[Advancing a little.] Ah, don't be angry! The champagne he'd drunk had loosened his tongue. And then, I'm a friend of the family——

Philip.

Infernal puppy!

Sir Timothy.

Referring to Filson?

Philip.

Of course.

Sir Timothy.

[Mildly.] Well, whether young Filson's a puppy or not, now perhaps you begin to appreciate my motive for intruding on you?

Philip.