Selina: “I had not loved these, dear, so much—” No, that is the wrong way round, isn’t it?
Ann: You don’t understand. He——
Lord William: Your little story is not good, etc.
Ninian: I seem to recollect that the division took place at two in the morning.
Mrs. Martineau: Tut, tut, Ann, the early hours of the morning! Devoted to friendship!
Ann: Yes. I don’t know at what time they wanted him to speak, but he was with me. He is my lover.
Lady Emily: Ann, dearest, you’re mad.
Lord William: Ann, you’re joking.
Ninian: Do you think you are going to make us believe a yarn like that?