[Indifferently.] What a pity!
Brooke Twombley.
He has turned against civilization, you know, and has become a sort of pleasant cannibal.
Lady Euphemia Vibart.
A cannibal! That is too interesting. Pray remain, Mr. White. My brother, Lord Drumdurris, is on duty at the Palace to-day and is coming on here. We all knew each other as children. He will be too delighted.
Valentine White.
I recollect Lord Vibart, as he then was, very well. He once burnt me with a red-hot poker.
Lady Euphemia Vibart.
Good-humouredly, I am sure. Perhaps you have not heard that he married Lady Egidia Cardelloe, Lord Struddock’s second daughter, about two years ago. If you stay you will meet her also.
Valentine White.