They have gone, Ephgraves.

Ephgraves.

Yes. [Handing him a slip of paper.] Will you see the young lady now?

Hugh Murray.

Certainly. [Ephgraves goes out.]

Hugh Murray.

[Reading.] “Miss Janet Preece, introduced by Mr. Wilfrid Brudenell.”

[Ephgraves ushers in Janet Preece, a pretty, simply-dressed girl of about eighteen, with a timid air, and a troubled look.]

Janet Preece.