D. Run away!
Fl. Sir Gregory is coming to tell you all about it. She has run away with Mr. Frederick.
D. Nonsense! How dare you tell me....
Fl. I guess it’s true though. I remember now I used to say how strange it was that such a sweet lady, and 2891 so clever and proper a gentleman as....
D. Silence, Flora! What has come to you? What makes you say this?
Fl. Because she’s not to be found. But Sir Gregory will tell you.
D. Send Sir Gregory at once. (Aside.) This is impossible, impossible.
Fl. See here he comes.
D. (aside). Ah! if this were Frederick’s secret!
Enter Sir Gregory.