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