[thoughtfully]
Your pa seems in a hurry.
[LADY CREECH and ALMERIC turn, [pg 157] startled. LADY CREECH haughtily sweeps away, entering the hotel.]
ALMERIC
[cheerfully]
Oh yes, possibly—he's off, you know—to catch a train. He's so easily worried by trifles.
[PIKE looks at ALMERIC with a sort of chuckling admiration.]
PIKE
Well, you don't worry—not too easy; do you, son?
ALMERIC