Ebbsmith.
[Testily.] I really can’t stop to re-organize Society now. I am due at my chambers in half-an-hour.
Agnes.
[Sullenly.] As you decline to listen to what I have to say, I may as well tell you at once that I shall not be at home to dinner to-night.
Ebbsmith.
[Controlling his temper with an effort.] May I ask your reason?
Agnes.
Because I have to be at the meeting of the Anti-marriage Association.
Can’t you send an excuse?