Sir William.
Good many—what sir?
Arthur.
A good many very respectable troubadours, sir——
Rose.
[Starting to her feet, heroically and defiantly. ] And what I wish to say, Sir William, is this. I wish to avow, to declare before the world, that Arthur and I have had many lengthy interviews while he has been stationed against those railings over there; I murmuring to him softly from my bedroom window, he responding in tremulous whispers——
Sir William.
[Struggling to his feet]. You—you tell me such things—-! [All rise.]
Miss Gower.
The Square, in which we have resided for years——! Our neighbors——!