[To the others.] Please go.
John.
[To Sylvia.] Come. They want to be alone. Dr. Macfarlane, will you come into the garden for a few minutes?
Dr. Macfarlane.
Of course I will. Of course.
[They go out. Colonel and Mrs. Wharton are left alone. For a moment they are silent.
Mrs. Wharton.
Perhaps it isn’t true, my dear.
Colonel Wharton.