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——!