[Exit ALMERIC rapidly up left.]
LADY CREECH
[in a deep and gloomy voice]
The Church Register!
[HAWCASTLE gives her a paper.]
[HORACE takes the London Mail.]
[HAWCASTLE takes the Times.][pg 044]
[ETHEL and MADAME DE CHAMPIGNY walk back to the terrace railing, chatting. The others seat themselves about the tea-tables to read.]
HORACE
[unfolding his paper, speaks crossly to MARIANO]