[Pollitt goes out by the window.

Sophy.

[Joining Bastling—formally.] Good day, Captain Bastling.

Bastling.

Good afternoon, Miss Fullgarney.

Sophy.

[Dropping her voice.] She'll be here in a minute.

Bastling.

[In low tonesmaking a show of examining the articles on the circular table.] Yes, I had a note from her this morning. [Glancing at Quex.] Confounded nuisance—!

Sophy.