Why did you want Lord Serlo to go, sir?
Jack Straw.
Because I wanted to be alone with you. Ask me another, quickly.
Ethel.
Oughtn’t I to help mother to receive people?
Jack Straw.
I’m sure you ought. But, you see, that’s another advantage of being a royal personage, that you can’t go till I give you your dismissal. I say, don’t you hate parties?
Ethel.
Dreadfully.
Jack Straw.