Anne.
Good gracious, no. You make Lady Little's heart positively sink.
Violet.
Nonsense, Anne, you know we want you to stay as long as ever you can.
Anne.
I used to have an apartment in Cairo, but I've given it up now and Lady Little asked me to come and stay at the Agency while I was getting everything settled.
Mrs. Appleby.
Oh, then you knew Sir Arthur before he married?
Anne.
Oh, yes, he's one of my oldest friends. I can't help thinking Lady Little must have great sweetness of character to put up with me.