Pardon me, but I have an old-fashioned prejudice against speaking ill of the absent.
Mrs. Parbury.
I didn’t observe it when you spoke of my husband.
Gunning.
[Laughing.] Fairly hit. Come, let’s be practical. Miss Woodward must not remain in the house, and Clement must not know the truth. On these points we are quite agreed.
Mrs. Parbury.
Quite.
Gunning.
Very well. I’ll see Clement. I have an idea.
[Rises.