FRANK. (finding letter that has been given him by SIMON) Yes, here it is; look at that; the letter which you wrote to me. (reading) “My dear Frank,” you see, “your brother Harry is a bad fellow; tell him from us that unless he becomes within a week, the husband of poor Jane, we have done with him for ever.”
ADELA. (aside) What do I hear?
FRANK. “For yourself, if you wish that I should still love you——” (hugging ADELAIDE) Oh, my dear grandmother.
ADELA. There, there; that will do.
FRANK. “You will also get married.” Do you really wish to see me married?
ADELA. Well—I—that is——
FRANK. Well, grandmother, you won’t have to wait long; there is now in this house a charming young creature, she arrived but this evening, yet——
ADELA. (astonished) And it is she?
FRANK. Yes, grandmother.
ADELA. You know her, then?