Grace.
[Going up to him suddenly.] Harry, would you mind very much if I stopped the whole thing?
Cobbett.
Of course I should mind.
Grace.
Oh, no, don’t say that because it’s the conventional thing to say. I want you to be frank with me.
Cobbett.
[Uneasily.] Why do you ask me now?
Grace.
[After a look at him, a little unwillingly.] I feel so horribly mean.