Mr. Pendleton: “Your mother asked. Personally, I am convinced that Scotland is the most bracing.”
Judy: “I really don’t feel I want to be braced. Do you, Noel?”
Noel: “I loathe bracing places.”
Mr. Pendleton: “Then let us all go to Cornwall.”
Millie: “I find Cornwall so relaxing.”
Judy: “I think I’d like just to stay in Sussex with Claire.”
Mr. Pendleton: “You know, Judy, I dislike very much hearing you speak of your grandmother as Claire.”
Judy: “Sorry, father. I forgot.”
(Silence.)
Noel: “By the way, mother, I’ve got rather a good idea. I may be taking Con—Aunt Connie out to dinner to-night. Suppose I bring her here afterwards? It would cheer her up a lot. I know she likes seeing people dance. You wouldn’t mind, would you?”