Yet this inconstancy is such

As you, too, shall adore;

I could not love thee, dear, so much,

Loved I not honour more.

Lady Patricia.

Loved I not honour more.... Love—duty—honour—— (She sighs deeply.) Come, dear....

(They go out on the left. A pause. The Dean comes out of the summer-house. He barely conceals his triumph under a mask of outraged propriety. Mrs. O’Farrel follows him.)

Dean.

H’m.... Cousinly regard!...

Mrs. O’Farrel.