Macphail.

I was merely sitting in the drag looking at the sky.

Mrs. Gaylustre.

Sitting in the drag looking at the sky! How foolhardy!

Macphail.

Whereupon your brother, without a word of warning, blazed away at my knee.

Mrs. Gaylustre.

Ah, don’t describe it! Suppose you had had your head on your knee!

Lady Macphail.

[Outside.] Take me to Colin!