Dowager.

You appear to have no views, Julian.

Egidia.

Lady Drumdurris, let Sir Julian look at the height and character of Fergus’s brow.

Earl of Drumdurris.

Pray do. It’s a soldier’s forehead.

Dowager.

Julian. [She hands the infant to Sir Julian.]

Sir Julian Twombley.

Thank you. Politics or the Army? [Addressing the child in his arms.] My dear Fergus, take my advice, not, not politics.