Lee Tai. I'm very much alive, thank you.

Daisy. Ah, well, we'll hope for the best.

Lee Tai. I trust you're not displeased to see me.

Daisy. [Gaily.] If you'd come yesterday I should certainly have smacked your face, but to-day I'm in such a good humour that even the sight of you is tolerable.

Lee Tai. You weren't here yesterday.

[The Amah comes in carrying on a little wooden tray, two Chinese bowls and a tea-pot.

Daisy. My dear Mamma seems to think you've come to pay me a visit. You mustn't let me keep you too long.

Lee Tai. You are expecting someone? I know.

[The Amah goes out.

Daisy. [Chaffing him.] I always said you had a brain.