Gordon.

(Standing, speaking earnestly declaiming as though concluding a long argument.) I fear I have bored you, there is so much to say, but perhaps the chief point is that there shall not only be international law, but adequate force behind that law to enforce it.

Duchess.

(Stifling a yawn.) Well, Mr. Hyde, I’m sure I wish you the success you deserve, and not what I fear you are likely to get. London simply swarms with panaceas and their parents.

Loveday.

(Appealing.) But they haven’t all got you to help them!

Duchess.

Oh yes, most of them have! But mercifully the schemes counteract each other on the whole, or where should I be?

Loveday.