Lord William: Is it to be in aid of the organ?
Selina: It is.
Lord William: No one can say that I don’t know all about village life. I’ve not forgotten my youth.
Ann: What was Grandpapa like?
Lord William: Very formidable—arrogant, dry, autocratic, with magnificent manners.
Ann: That’s what Ninian’s generation misses. They take themselves very seriously, but somehow they are not in the least formidable. Just very long and a tiny bit ridiculous.
Selina: I still believe in a municipal solution for them.
[Enter Thompson.
Thompson: Mr. Jordan has motored down from London. Could your Ladyship see him?
[Dead silence. Ann gets very white.