Lord William: Well, it was true. He was with a woman.
Ninian (paling): What?
Lord William: Tommy Dunn saw him getting out of a taxi with a woman at one a.m. at the door of a block of flats—flats that I am afraid Tommy knows only too well. He’s quite certain it was Jordan because Jordan’s hat fell off and he picked it up.
Ninian: Good God!
[Enter Ann, looking very pale. She has obviously been weeping.
Ninian: Ann, did you hear what Uncle William said?
Ann: Yes, I knew.
Ninian: Knew what?
Ann: Knew that Mr. Jordan was with a woman that night.
Ninian: Then why the devil——