INGOLDSBY

Yes? Ah—I—

JESSIE

Is there something you’d like me to tell her when I see her?

INGOLDSBY (going toward the left entrance)

No; I—I— (He glances at his watch, and looks absently at Jessie.) No, I believe I-ah— (He departs.)

RUPERT

Well, I do hope nobody else’ll come poking about like that, because I—

JESSIE

No, darling; we’re alone again now.