[cheerfully]
I told you it would all be plain sailing, Aunty. There was nothing to worry about.
LADY CREECH
[continuing, to ETHEL]
All shall be [pg 170] forgiven, my child. I am too pleased, too overjoyed in your good-fortune to remember any little bickerings between us. The sky has cleared wonderfully. Everything is settled.
ETHEL
Yes; it's all over; my guardian has consented.
ALMERIC
Of course I never worried about it—but I fancy it will be a weight off the Governor's mind. I'll see that a wire catches him at Naples—and he'll be glad to know what became of that arrangement about the convict fellow, too.
ETHEL