BART. We should have met earlier, no doubt, but for my friend’s lengthened absence in Italy (significantly to ROYSTON).
ROYS. Yes. Ah! charming country—for those who don’t mind the cold! (On a sign from BARTON.) I mean the heat!
MRS. T. (aside and looking at ROYSTON). Really a vastly agreeable young man!
Enter COLONEL at R. H.
COL. So Royston has arrived, has he? (Seeing BASIL.) Heyday! why, this is Basil—his younger brother!
ROYS. At your service, colonel.
MRS. T. You are acquainted, then?
COL. I was intimate with his mother’s family—indeed, I may say I was the means of getting him a nomination to the Blue Coat school.
BART. (aside). This is deuced awkward!
MRS. T. The Blue Coat school? I thought you said Tunbridge Wells?