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.