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