[Exit Charlie. Loud exclamation outside.
Charlie (outside). You donkey, you ran into me on purpoth, and thpilled that water on me.
Agnes. Do for once temper the wind to the shorn lamb!
[Looks around room helplessly, and then rushes to bay window and hides.
Reg. (outside). I beg pawdon, but it was you who wan into me. Cawnt cher see where you are going?
Reg. appears b. d. with a glass containing very little water, wiping his coat sleeve with handkerchief, and looking angrily after Charlie.
Reg. I’m deucid sowy, Miss Wortley, but that clumsy fool has spilled most of the water (coming down). One can always tell the nouveaux wiche by their gaucherwies. (Finds chair empty—starts, and looks round room.) Pon honour, if he hasn’t dwiven her away!
[Stands looking about.
Charlie appears at b. d.
Charlie. I met your maid, Mith Wortley, and the thaid your fan wath in your room, (coming down r.) and that the’ll get it. (Discovers Agnes’ absence.) Now then, I hope you are thatithfied with having driven her away.