She is suddenly enlightened.
‘Is the word Father? Yes.’
They all turn and look for the first time at Mr. Don. He has heard, and rises apologetically.
MR. DON, distressed, ‘I had no intention——Should I go away, Grace?’
She answers sweetly without a trace of the annoyance she must surely feel.
MRS. DON. ‘Perhaps you had better, Robert.’
ROGERS. ‘I suppose it is because he is an unbeliever? He is not openly antagonistic, is he?’
MRS. DON, sadly enough, ‘I am afraid he is.’
They tend to discuss the criminal as if he was not present.
MAJOR. ‘But he must admit that we do get messages.’