(Retires towards group.)
Jean (in a half-aside as she slips her arm in her uncle's and smiles at Geoffrey). He says he believes I'll be able to make a real difference to his chances. Isn't it angelic of him?
Stonor (in a jocular tone). Angelic? Macchiavelian. I pin all my hopes on your being able to counteract the pernicious influence of my opponent's glib wife.
Jean. You want me to have a real share in it all, don't you, Geoffrey?
Stonor (smiling into her eyes). Of course I do.
(Farnborough drops down again on pretence of talking to Mrs. Heriot.)
Lord J. I don't gather you're altogether sanguine. Any complication?
(Jean and Lady John stand close together (C.), the girl radiant, following Stonor with her eyes and whispering to the sympathetic elder woman.)
Stonor. Well (taking Sunday paper out of pocket), there's this agitation about the Woman Question. Oddly enough, it seems likely to affect the issue.