St. Herbert. Was decided in the House of Lords late yesterday afternoon. Briefly stated, it confers upon women the right of becoming Parliamentary candidates.
Geoffrey. (He is staggered.) You mean—
Lady Mogton. Having regard to which, we have decided to bring forward a woman candidate to contest the next bye-election.
Geoffrey. Um! I see.
Annys. But we never thought—we never anticipated it would be Geoffrey’s.
Lady Mogton. I really cannot admit that that alters the case. Geoffrey himself would never dream, I am sure, of asking us to sacrifice our cause to his convenience.
Geoffrey. No. Of course not. Certainly not.
Lady Mogton. It is perhaps unfortunate that the candidate selected—
Annys. It is quite impossible. Such a dilemma was never dreamed of.
Lady Mogton. And if not? Is the solidarity of woman—