[Softly.] Ha, ha! Dear old Robbie! [He laughs with her.] Dear, dear old Robbie! [Her laughter dies out, leaving her with a serious, appealing face.] Phil——

Philip.

Eh?

Ottoline.

Your sneer—your sneer about me and the papers——

Philip.

Sneer?

Ottoline.

I detected it. Almost the first thing you said to me when I arrived was that you'd been gathering news of me lately from the papers!

Philip.