I wish you'd explain why we've come, or Basil will think I'm responsible.
Mabel.
[Lightly.] I've been trying to remember ever since we arrived. You say it, Hilda; you invented it.
Hilda.
[With a laugh.] Mabel, I'll never take you out again. They're perfectly incorrigible, Mr. Kent.
Basil.
[To John and Mabel, smiling.] I don't know why you've come. Mrs. Murry has promised to come and have tea with me for ages.
Mabel.
[Pretending to feel injured.] Well, you needn't turn me out the moment we arrive. Besides, I refuse to go till I've had a piece of that cake.
Basil.