It was brutal of me to make you dance so long. I'll say good-night before I'm turned out.

Arthur.

Oh, won't you sit down and have a cigarette before you go? Anne and I were just going to stroll to the end of the garden to have a look at the Nile.

Violet.

Oh.

Anne.

I'm too restless to go to bed just yet.

[Arthur and Anne go out. Violet and Ronny do not speak for a moment. At first the conversation is quite light.]

Violet.

What was it that Christina was referring to just now? Had it anything to do with you?