[He joins the others, who are talking together.]
Dowager.
[To Lady Twombley.] I have a motive. My whole life has been one vast comprehensive motive. Lady Macphail is the little woman to whom I introduced you on the stairs at the Palace.
Lady Twombley.
Well, but——
Dowager.
I encountered her again, and delivered a message from you begging her to come on here with Sir Colin to drink tea.
Lady Twombley.
I never——
Dowager.