sarah. Pretty name.

george. Dolly aspires to be one of us.

sarah. Child-bearing makes these women blowzy.

george. Oh heaven!

ann. [Calling to abud on the terrace.] Finish to-day, Abud. If it rains . . .

She stops, seeing mr. tetgeen standing at the top of the steps leading from the house. This is an intensely respectable, selfcontained-looking lawyer, but a man of the world too.

mr. tetgeen. Lady Cottesham.

sarah. Sir?

mr. tetgeen. My name is Tetgeen.

sarah. Mr. Tetgeen. How do you do?