frances trebell. [With a little more bitterness than the abstraction of the subject demands.] I'm sure it is just as out of touch with humanity as any other . . more so, perhaps. If I were a country I wouldn't be governed by arid intellects.
mrs. farrant. Manners, Frances.
frances trebell. I'm one myself and I know. They're either dead or dangerous.
george farrant comes back and goes straight to mrs. o'connell.
farrant. [Still robustly.] Billiards, Mrs. O'Connell.
amy o'connell. [Declining sweetly.] I think not.
farrant. Billiards, Lucy?
lucy davenport. [As robust as he.] Yes, Uncle George. You shall mark while Walter gives me twenty-five and I beat him.
walter kent. [With a none-of-your-impudence air.] I'll give you ten yards start and race you to the billiard room.