Farrant. We talked Education for half an hour.

Mrs. Farrant. [Her eyebrows lifting a shade.] Education!

Farrant. Then Trebell went away to work.

Blackborough. I've missed the music, I fear.

Mrs. Farrant. But it's been Bach.

Blackborough. No Chopin?

Mrs. Farrant. For a minute only.

Blackborough. Why don't these new Italian men write things for the piano! Good-night, Lady Davenport.

Lady Davenport. [As he bows over her hand.] And what has Education to do with it?

Blackborough. [Non-committal himself.] Perhaps it was a subject that compromised nobody.