[PIKE'S answer is conveyed by the motor-horn, which says: "Honk! Honk!" HORACE throws up his hands despairingly. PIKE'S voice becomes audible in the last words of the song: "Good-bye, Dolly Gray.">[
[Enter LADY CREECH and ALMERIC through the gates.]
HORACE
[meeting them]
The fellow is hopeless.
LADY CREECH
[not hearing, and speaking from habit, automatically]
Dreadful person!
[PIKE continues his work, paying no attention.]
ALMERIC