"Precisely."
"Aren't you wonderful!"
"It is extremely kind of you to say so," said Hamilton Beamish, pulling down his waistcoat.
"What have you arranged?"
"Well, the whole difficulty is that at present George is in the position of having broken the engagement. So, when this May Stubbs arrives, I am going to get her to throw him over of her own free-will."
"And how do you propose to do that?"
"Quite simply. You see, we may take it for granted that she is a prude. I have, therefore, constructed a little drama, by means of which George will appear an abandoned libertine."
"George!"
"She will be shocked and revolted and will at once break off all relations with him."
"I see. Did you think all this out by yourself?"