Shelmerdene: He would just be a man I had dined with once.
The Voice: I am sorry to have disturbed you. Good-night.
Shelmerdene: Come back again, but——
The Voice: Good-night, Shelmerdene.
Shelmerdene:—but sweetly, Gerald! Oh, my dear, sweetly!
The Voice: (Very faintly) Good-bye, Shelmerdene.
(There is a soft click at the other end.)
Shelmerdene: Good-bye, you ass!
Then Foster came in, with an anxious face.