Cobbett.

Don’t dash my hopes to the ground, Miss Hall. I was flattering myself you didn’t look upon me altogether with indifference.

[Archibald Insoley comes in from the garden.

Archibald.

Ah, I thought I’d find you still at breakfast.

Claude.

We’re a lazy lot. I suppose you’ve been up and about for the last two hours.

Grace.

[Looking at him.] Is anything the matter?

Archibald.