I look upon your request that I should go away as equivalent to an avowal of undying passion.
Ethel.
Shall I tell you what I would say to you if you weren’t an Archduke?
Jack Straw.
Yes.
Ethel.
I’d say you were the most audacious, impudent, and impertinent man I’d ever seen in my life.
[She gives a rapid, ironical curtsey, and goes out. He is about to follow her when Lady Wanley and Holland come in. Jack Straw stops and shakes hands with them.
Jack Straw.
Ah, I was hoping to have the pleasure of seeing you. You wrote me a little note, Mr. Holland.