C.-C. Why haven’t you got any babies?
Elizabeth. Give us a little time. We’ve only been married three years.
C.-C. I wonder what Hughie is like now!
Elizabeth. Lord Porteous?
C.-C. He wore his clothes better than any man in London. You know he’d have been Prime Minister if he’d remained in politics.
Elizabeth. What was he like then?
C.-C. He was a nice-looking fellow. Fine horseman. I suppose there was something very fascinating about him. Yellow hair and blue eyes, you know. He had a very good figure. I liked him. I was his parliamentary secretary. He was Arnold’s godfather.
Elizabeth. I know.
C.-C. I wonder if he ever regrets!
Elizabeth. I wouldn’t.