Kit. Well, I was a fool. I said something, quite by chance, about your father. Then the fur began to fly. You see, it seems he thought your mother was a widow—

Sydney. [Ruffling up] What’s it got to do with him?

Kit. Well, you see—

Sydney. If you’d only make me see instead of you-seeing me all the time.

Kit. I’m afraid of hurting your feelings.

Sydney. I’m not nineteenth century.

Kit. [Desperately] Well, my people are.

Sydney. Well?

Kit. That’s the trouble—my people are! Father promptly began about not seeing his way to—

Sydney. To what, Kit?