[Breathlessly.] The housekeeper showed me over the house. I remember—her maid's room is at the end of a passage leading from the boudoir!
Muriel.
Sophy, you must not! you sha'n't!
Sophy.
Why, isn't it for the best? If I was mistaken over what I heard just now, I sha'n't see or hear anything wicked to-night; and that will satisfy both of us—!
[Calling.] Muriel—
[Muriel joins the group; Sophy slips away and disappears.
Lady Owbridge.
[To the Duchess.] Shall we go in?