Beadsworth.
Can you tell me what Penelope wants? Her telegram suggested that she wished to see me not as an old friend, but in my official capacity as the family solicitor.
Golightly.
I haven’t an idea. I thought her telegram most mysterious.
Mrs. Golightly.
I wish she’d come in. I’m beginning to be dreadfully uneasy.
Barlow.
[Rather pompously.] I think I can put your minds at rest. I am in a position to explain the whole matter to you. The telegram she sent me makes it perfectly clear. I daresay you know that the Archduchess Anastasia is a patient of Dickie’s. And a very nice patient for him to have. I’ve never met her, though I happen to know several members of her family, and she’s a very cultivated, pleasant woman. I’ve always said to Dickie that that is the sort of practice he ought to get. The middle classes do a doctor no good.
Golightly.
My dear Davenport, do go on with your story.