(There is a pause, she relaxes—smiles.)
Minister.
My dear—I must think.
Loveday.
(Holding out her hands to him appealingly.) You are the most powerful man in England, it is for you to initiate this new era, of international safety and peace. Whatever the terms of an ordinary peace, militarism will spring up again to ravage the world. Let Britain lead in this new enlargement of law and freedom, for this is the only way to bring security to the world.
Minister.
(Very seriously.) I will think about it, my dear.
Duchess.
(Returning to her normal.) If that is cleverness it makes me a little dissatisfied with mere wit.