Hush, hush! [Charles goes out laughing. To everybody;]Sherry?
Gadd.
[Rising.] Sherry!
[Avonia, Colpoys; and Gadd gather round the table, and help themselves to sherry and biscuits.]
Rose.
[To Tom.] Tom, won't you——-?
Tom.
[Watching Gadd anxiously.] No, thank you. The fact is, we—we have already partaken of refreshments, once or twice during the evening——
[Colpoys and Avonia, each carrying a glass of wine and munching a biscuit, go to the couch, where they sit.]