[To herself.] I shall give Gwendoline and Ermyntrude the two that are downstairs.
QUECKETT.
H'm! You're not alone, are you, Jack? Mallory. No—they're coming up.
QUECKETT.
[ Grimly.] Are they?
MALLORY.
The old gentleman takes his time with the stairs.
QUECKETT.
[ With forced ease.] Poor old gentleman! Who the deuce—!