FANNY
Easily!—I told him he must either accept or lose me—and rang off. Two minutes later he was frantically accepting—
MAGNUS
You should have told us that and saved argument.
FANNY
I wanted you—all of you—to make argument—good argument—so that he would see it was for the best and not sulk and grieve afterwards. (Angrily) Mother promised she would not interfere.
MRS. FELIX
It was thinking of poor Harry did it.
FANNY
Please do not refer to father again—now that you’ve shattered all my ideals about him—