Röst (to the GRANDMOTHER). I hope I shall always see you looking as well, madam!
Mrs. Röst. Good-bye, madam! No, please don't disturb yourself. You have over-exerted yourself just now you know.
Grandmother. The same to you.
Röst and Mrs. Röst. I beg your pardon?
Bishop. She thought you were wishing her good day—or something of that sort.
Röst and Mrs. Röst. Oh, I see! (They laugh. They both ceremoniously in silence to LEONARDA as they pass her; CORNELIA and the BISHOP go with them to see them out, the BISHOP turning at the door and coming back into the room.)
Bishop (to LEONARDA). Won't you sit down?
Leonarda. Your lordship sent me a letter to-day. (She pauses for an answer, but without effect.) In it you give me to understand, as politely as possible, that your family does not wish to have any intercourse with me.
Bishop. I imagined, Mrs. Falk, that you had no such desire, either previously or now.
Leonarda. What it rally means is that you want me to make over my property to the two young people, and disappear.