[Indifferently.] Oh!
Re-enter Evans, R., from garden, and exit L. Silence till he has gone.
Parbury.
Well, you don’t seem surprised.
Gunning.
[Effecting a yawn.] I never permit myself to be surprised.
Parbury.
Or disappointed.
Gunning.
Oh yes, I own I’m disappointed. I looked for a good time for a few days. You were the only one of the old lot available, and you were the best of them. I can’t bear the new lot. They wear strange colours, drop their “g’s,” and get on one’s nerves.