amy o'connell. [Bringing their talk back to herself, and fastidiously.] Justin has all the natural instincts.
trebell. He's Roman Catholic, isn't he?
amy o'connell. So am I . . by profession.
trebell. It's a poor religion unless you really believe in it.
amy o'connell. [Appealing to him.] If I were to live at Linaskea and have as many children as God sent, I should manage to make Justin pretty miserable! And what would be left of me at all I should like to know?
trebell. So Justin lives at Linaskea alone?
amy o'connell. I'm told now there's a pretty housemaid . . [she shrugs.]
trebell. Does he drink too?
amy o'connell. Oh, no. You'd like Justin, I daresay. He's clever. The thirteenth century's what he knows about. He has done a book on its statutes . . has been doing another.
trebell. And after an evening's hard work I find you here ready to flirt with.