HAWCASTLE
[choked with rage, advancing on PIKE]
Why, you—
PIKE
[genially]
Oh! I hated to hand you this, my lord. I didn't come over here to make the fine flower of Europe any more trouble than they've got. But I had to show John Simpson's daughter.
[Movement from HORACE and ETHEL.]
And I reckon now she isn't wanting any alliance with the remnants of Crecy and Agincourt.
ETHEL
[tremulously, coming close to PIKE]