JACK (avoiding Mrs. Metherell's eye). No. I think you're sorry you forgot yourself this morning.
AUSTIN. I've done my best to make amends.
JACK. Yes.
AUSTIN. Is it——?
ELSIE. Yes, father. It's impossible.
JACK. Elsie!
ELSIE (to Jack). Isn't it impossible?
JACK (after a pause while he looks from Elsie to Mrs. Metherell, finally meeting Mrs. Metherell's eye and bending his head.) Yes.
(Edmund knocks and enters without waiting.)
EDMUND. May I come in?