ETHEL
[decidedly]
He was afraid of Ivanoff.
PIKE
I shouldn't be surprised. Ivanoff wants to thank you. May I bring him?
ETHEL
Yes.
[PIKE goes off into the grove.]
[MARIANO and a file of servants enter from the hotel, form a line, and bow profoundly as VASILI enters. They withdraw at a sign from him.]
ETHEL