Jack Straw.

My dear lady, let us keep perfectly calm. It would become neither of us to lose our tempers.

Mrs. Parker-Jennings.

Do you mean to say you won’t go?

Jack Straw.

You put it in such a brutal way. Let us say rather, that I cannot tear myself away from your hospitable roof.

Mrs. Parker-Jennings.

Ha, and how long do you propose to give us the honour of your company?

Jack Straw.

Well, I really haven’t quite made up my mind. I’m proposing to await developments.