Sophy.
I've just seen them together, talking.
Muriel.
Talking? why not?
Sophy.
Yes, but how?
Muriel.
How?
Sophy.
I'll tell you. After you went indoors to dress, I took off my rings and put them on that table. [Looking away rather guiltily.] Rings fidget me, this hot weather—don't they you? Well, just as I'd finished with Mrs. Jack, it suddenly struck me—my rings!—and I hurried back to fetch them. When I got here, I came across Lord Quex and the Duchess.