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.