Really, Dora, I don’t think it would be absolutely fair——

Dowager.

Fair! People’s actions are like their heads of hair—they can be dyed flaxen. [To Brooke.] Boy, why do you let the grass grow under your pumps in this way?

Brooke Twombley.

I haven’t let the grass grow, Aunt Dora. I—ah—I have the happiness to be engaged—what!

Lady Twombley.

Engaged!

Sir Julian Twombley.

Bless my soul!

Dowager.