Mrs. Wolton. Oh! this is more than I will bear! Mr. Rhodes, I must beg you to excuse us.
Douglas. To excuse you?
Mrs. Lorrimer. I have brought Mr. Rhodes— [Interrupted.
Mrs. Wolton. Then, I must ask you to take him away if he is unwilling to leave without you!
Dawson. No, Laura, wait— [Interrupted.
Marion. Mother is right. It should have been enough for Mr. Rhodes to have witnessed our humiliation yesterday. It is adding another insult for him to come here to-day.
Mrs. Lorrimer. Marion, you don't know what you're saying—
Douglas. [Stops Mrs. Lorrimer.] No! Miss Wolton is doubtless right— [Movement from Marion.] You did not tell me Mr. Fletcher was here, or I shouldn't have been persuaded to come. I prefer to go—
Mrs. Lorrimer. No, not without my telling why you came.
Douglas. No, I must ask you to keep the reason entirely to yourself—and Mr. Dawson. [Starts to go.