Ottoline.

[Walking away to the front of the fauteuil-stool.] To beg you to prôner my father and mother in the journal you were writing for—what was the name of it?——

Philip.

[Following her.] The Whitehall Gazette.

Ottoline.

And you were polite enough to tell me that my cravings and ideals were low, pitiful, ignoble!

Philip.

[Regretfully.] You remember?

Ottoline.

[Facing him.] As clearly as you do, my friend. [Laying her hand upon his arm, melting.] Besides, they were true—those words—hideously true—as were many other sharp ones you shot at me in Paris. [Turning from him.] Low—pitiful—ignoble——!