Ah!
[Egidia sits upon a settee staring before her. Drumdurris enters, looking much worried.]
Earl of Drumdurris.
Ah, mother. [Grasping Sir Julian’s hand with feeling.] Sir Julian.
[He and his wife look severely at one another and draw themselves up.]
Sir Julian Twombley.
My dear Keith, what can I do for you?
Earl of Drumdurris.
Ha! Explain, mother.
Dowager.