Cæsar's Wife: A Comedy in Three Acts

by W. Somerset Maugham

Arthur.

Not at all. I'm merely going to place before him Ronny's name.

Violet.

Then the matter's not definitely settled yet?

Arthur.

Not formally. I've not had the reply yet to my telegram to the Foreign Office, and I've not had the Khedive's acceptance of my suggestion.

Violet.

But supposing the Foreign Office say they think he'd better go to Paris after all?

Arthur.

I think it's most unlikely. They know by now that the man on the spot is the best judge of the circumstances, and I've accustomed them to giving me a free hand.