Philip. I?
Sir G. You be in time, if you are not too late already.
Philip. Excuse me, mine was quite a different case. Thank heaven, I have no reason to reproach myself. There was no love, at any rate on my side, in the matter you allude to.
Sir G. And yet you fled the country to avoid the lady. (sitting up)
Philip. I never said so.
Sir G. No, my boy; you never said that two and two makes four, but it does, doesn’t it? (looking at Philip through his glasses)
Philip. No doubt. I felt that my position was——(hesitates)
Sir G. Equivocal.
Philip. That is the word I wanted.