[Slowly.] I wonder if I’ve misjudged him all these years.... D’you think I found him shallow because there was no depth in me, and narrow because I was narrow myself.

[Enter Claude Insoley. Grace turns to him quickly.

Grace.

Did you see Gann?

Claude.

[Touching the bell.] No, he wasn’t at the cottage. I’ve sent for him and told him to come here.

Grace.

They know where he is then?

Claude.

Yes, worse luck. He’s been soaking at the public-house since it opened.