Miss Bayly: "Is it possible?" They all shake hands with Mrs. Somers in turn.
Roberts: "Isn't this rather sudden, Willis?"
Campbell: "Well, it is—for Mrs. Somers, perhaps. But I've found it awfully gradual."
Mrs. Somers: "Nonsense! It's an old story for both of us."
Campbell: "Well, what I like about it is, it's true. Founded on fact!"
Mrs. Roberts: "Really? I can't believe it!"
Campbell: "Well, I don't know whom all this charming incredulity's intended to flatter, but if it's I, I say no, not really, at all! It's merely a little coup de théâtre we've been arranging."
Lawton, patting him on the shoulder: "One ahead, as usual."
Mrs. Somers: "Oh, thank you, Doctor! There are two of us ahead now."
Lawton: "I believe you, at any rate. Bravo!" He initiates an applause in which all the rest join, while Campbell catches up Mrs. Somers's fan and unfurls it before both their faces.