Lady Frederick.
And now what are you going to do?
Fouldes.
My dear lady, I'm not a police officer, but a very harmless, inoffensive old bachelor.
Lady Frederick.
With more wiles than the mother of many daughters and the subtlety of a company promoter.
Fouldes.
Maud seems to think that as I've racketted about a little in my time, I'm just the sort of man to deal with you. Set a thief to catch a thief, don't you know? She's rather fond of proverbs.
Lady Frederick.
She should have thought rather of: When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war. I hear Lady Mereston has been saying the most agreeable things about me.