[Gently.] Forgive me.

Ottoline.

It's been none of my doing; I've finished with le snobbisme entirely. [Pleadingly.] You don't doubt me?

Philip.

[Patting her hand.] No—no.

Ottoline.

Nowadays I detest coming across my name in print. But my people—[with a little moue] they will persist in——!

Philip.

Beating the big drum?

Ottoline.