[Matt puts in a sovereign, hands the box to Pilcher.
Pilcher. Three victories and one draw out of four. Most satisfactory. [Taking out watch.] I must hurry off to the White House and see what they're doing there. [Rattling the box.] Excellent results! So excellent that I think I'm justified in making you a little New Year's gift.
[Going to his heap of brown-paper parcels.
Dolly. A New Year's gift! How kind of you! To me?
Pilcher. [Opening his parcel.] To you and your husband. To your husband in particular, because, although he may have fallen a little short of perfection during the last year—like some of the rest of us—yet I feel sure that during this coming year—[They have all been watching him curiously; he has now opened the parcel and displays a very bright brand new collecting box, with Crookbury Blanket Club painted on it, in large letters. It is much larger than the hospital box.] My household regulator! [Giving it to Dolly.
Dolly. [Who has shown considerable disappointment on the opening of the parcel.] Crookbury Blanket Club! Thank you so much, for Harry's sake. Harry! For you, dear.
[She gives the box to Harry, who places it on the same table.]
Dolly. You call it the household regulator?
Pilcher. Yes—I have suggested it to several of my brethren. Oh, its use will become very general throughout the diocese.
Dolly. You think it will work well?