Me, miss?

Clare.

Didn’t you say so just now? Really, Baldwin, for a person of your age! And now you want a drink? Well, I’ve no objection, though it looks uncommonly as if you had helped yourself already.

(She points to Bill’s half-filled glass.)

Baldwin.

(Excitedly.) Me, miss? I give you my word, miss. Why, that’s—that’s——

Michael.

(His voice is heard calling softly beneath.) Clare....

Clare.