C.-C. She’s in love with Teddie Luton. That’s why he went. The men of my family are really very unfortunate.
Porteous. Does she want to run away with him?
Lady Kitty. [With consternation.] My dear, what’s to be done?
C.-C. I think you can do a great deal.
Lady Kitty. I? What?
C.-C. Tell her, tell her what it means.
[He looks at her fixedly. She stares at him.
Lady Kitty. Oh, no, no!
C.-C. She’s a child. Not for Arnold’s sake. For her sake. You must.
Lady Kitty. You don’t know what you’re asking.