Valentine White.

Shall I run away? Ah, if she only knew how ardently I wish that she had changed still more—how I wish that she had grown quite unlovable or I had forgotten how to love her! It’s hopeless; I will run away.

[He opens the door and the Dowager peeps in.]

Dowager.

May I come in?

Valentine White.

Eh? Oh, certainly.

[The Dowager enters.]

Dowager.

[To herself.] What has become of them? [To Valentine.] Pardon me, have you seen my niece, Imogen?