Teddie. And I thought I’d been asked for my blue eyes.
Elizabeth. Vain beast! And they happen to be brown.
Teddie. Is anything up?
Elizabeth. Arnold’s father arrived last night.
Teddie. Did he, by Jove! I thought he was in Paris.
Arnold. So did we all. He told me he’d be there for the next month.
Anna. Have you seen him?
Arnold. No! he rang me up. It’s a mercy he had a telephone put in the cottage. It would have been a pretty kettle of fish if he’d just walked in.
Elizabeth. Did you tell him Lady Catherine was coming?
Arnold. Of course not. I was flabbergasted to know he was here. And then I thought we’d better talk it over first.