Here, sir.
PIKE
Come right in, ma'am!
[LADY CREECH enters.]
LADY CREECH
[frigidly]
I need scarcely inform you that this interview is not of my seeking.
[She sits stiffly.]
On the contrary, it is intensely disagreeable to me. My brother-in-law feels that some one well acquainted with Miss Granger-Simpson's ambitions and her inner nature should put the case finally to you before we proceed to extremities.
PIKE