End of the First Act.
THE SECOND ACT
An Interval of One Year Elapses Between Acts I. and II.
The drawing-room in Basil's house at Putney. In the wall facing the auditorium there is a door leading from the passage. On the right two doors lead into bedrooms, and opposite these is a bay window. The same pictures and plates decorate the walls as in the preceding Scene; the writing-table is between the side doors. Jenny's influence is noticeable in the cushions in the wicker-work arm-chairs, in the window curtains and portières of art serge, and in the huge chrysanthemums of the wall paper.
[Jenny is sewing while James Bush is lounging
in one of the arm chairs.
James.
Where's his lordship this afternoon?
Jenny.
He's gone out for a walk.
James.