Life well, and find it wanting, nor deplore,

But in disdainful silence turn away,

Stand mute, self-centred, stern, and dream no more?”

Yes, Mr. Arnold, it is.

[Takes another bite of a sandwich.

Enter Mrs. Parbury, L.

Mrs. Parbury.

Why won’t you come to lunch, Miss Woodward. But oh, I see you’re having something here.

Miss Woodward.

[For a moment slightly confused.] I—I—[Drinks some of her beer]—I have a railway journey before me.