Jen. Mr. Braybrook?
Spread. Well—yes.
Jen. Mr. Braybrook is a bachelor.
Spread. A bachelor? Then let me understand—am I not speaking to Mrs. Braybrook?
Jen. No, indeed you are not! Ha, ha! (much amused). Mr. Braybrook is my nephew; the place belongs to him now.
Spread. Oh! then, my dear Jane, may I ask who you are?
Jen. I am not married.
Spread. Not married!
Jen. No; I keep house for my nephew.
Spread. Why, you don’t mean to sit there and look me in the face and tell me, after thirty years, that you are still Jane Northbrook?