No; he doesn’t know you. Sit still. (She turns toward Mr. Ingoldsby with a smile as he enters.) Good afternoon, Mr. Ingoldsby. Did you do it in eighty-five again today?

(Ingoldsby is a man of fifty-five or, possibly, sixty. He wears neat knickerbockers and is otherwise sprightly in his outdoor attire. He smiles rather absently as he replies.)

INGOLDSBY

Eighty-five? No, I—ah—no. I didn’t go round today. Ah—has Mrs. Briggs been here?

JESSIE

Here?

INGOLDSBY

Yes, I mean—ah—here.

JESSIE

I think she’s somewhere looking for Lancelot.