He’s at the top of the tree. He’s where he ought to be. In ten years he’ll be in the House of Lords. Would you like to tell him yourself?

[Catherine hesitates for a moment. She sees her chance of freedom slipping away from her once more. For a moment she struggles with herself. All her life, past and future, comes before her in a flash.

Catherine.

I don’t know where he is.

Bennett.

You don’t know?

Catherine.

He went down to the smoking-room.

Bennett.

I must find him.