“I should like to know my cue.”

“A twitter of birds is all. You are now in Lord and Lady Lara’s garden—near Nice. Begin.”

“How full the hedges are of roses!”

“Speak up.”

“How full the hedges are of roses! What perfume to be sure.”

“And don’t do that.”

“The directions are: ‘she stoops.’”

“Continue!”

“What’s next?”

“A start.”