Anne.

Well, it’s nearly finished now. Teddie said there’d be rather a scrummage when the result was known, and I’d better get out of the way.

Catherine.

[Smiling.] Obedient creature.

Anne.

It rather amuses me to be ordered about. Besides, I couldn’t help seeing that nobody wanted me. Teddie promised he’d bolt round as soon as the result was out. I say, let’s have some light, shall we?

[She turns on the electricity, and the room is suddenly a glare of light.

Lady Francis.

You’ll blind us.

Anne.