Macphail.

My mother!

Mrs. Gaylustre.

[To herself.] Drat your mother.

[She stands with her handkerchief to her eyes. Lady Macphail enters with Egidia, the Dowager, Lady Euphemia, and Valentine.]

Egidia.

Sir Colin!

Dowager.

[Sitting at writing-table.] I’ll telegraph to Sir George McHarness, the surgeon.

Lady Macphail.