The Gay Lord Quex: A Comedy in Four Acts

by Arthur Wing Pinero

All right, Mrs. Eden.

[Lady Owbridge and Mrs. Eden disappear.

Muriel.

[Crossing to Sophy.] Wouldn't you like to walk to the gates to meet Mr. Valma?

Sophy.

Thanks, dear, I think I would.

Muriel.

I can show you a nearer way than by going back to the house. [Pointing into the distance.] Follow this hedge and take the second alley—not the first—on your left. When you reach the big fountain—

[Quex, still dipping into the sermons, has come down to the back of the table. He now throws the book upon the table and picks up a newspaper.

Quex.