horsham. [Rescuing the conversation from unpleasantness.] I'm afraid I feel that our position to-night is most irregular, Wedgecroft.
wedgecroft. Still if you can make O'Connell see reason. And if you all can't . . [He frowns at the alternative.]
cantelupe. Didn't you say she came to you first of all?
wedgecroft. I met her one morning at Trebell's.
farrant. Actually at Trebell's!
wedgecroft. The day he came back from abroad.
farrant. Oh! No one seems to have noticed them together much at any time. My wife. . . No matter!
wedgecroft. She tackled me as a doctor with one part of her trouble . . added she'd been with O'Connell in Ireland, which of course it turns out wasn't true . . asked me to help her. I had to say I couldn't.
horsham. [Echoing rather than querying.] You couldn't.
farrant. [Shocked.] My dear Horsham!