Mrs. Eden.

Why not my Gilchrist—or let us share her?

Duchess.

No, no; the housemaid who assisted me into this gown—

Lady Owbridge.

Chalmers? well, there's Chalmers, certainly. But I fear that Chalmers has hot hands. Or Denham—no, Denham is suffering from a bad knee. Of course, there's Bruce! Bruce is painfully near-sighted—- but would Bruce do? Or little Atkins—?

Sophy.

[Stepping from behind the bench, and confronting Lady Owbridge—in a quiet voice.] Or I, my lady?

Lady Owbridge.

You, my dear?