Penelope.

[Smiling.] Wait till you’re off with the old love, my friend.

Dickie.

I think it’s a bit thick that a man shouldn’t be allowed to embrace the wife of his bosom.

Penelope.

You shall afterwards, if you’re good.

Dickie.

I say, she’s just coming. What a blessing this room has two doors!

[He goes out. Penelope gets up, looks at herself in the glass, arranges a stray lock of hair, and powders her nose. Ada Fergusson comes in.

Penelope.