(to KATE)
Well?
KATE. I agree, Dennis.
DENNIS. Good. (He spins a coin, puts it on the back of his hand, and
says to NORWOOD) Call!
NORWOOD. What on _earth_--
DENNIS. Choice of innings.
NORWOOD. I never heard of anything so--Tails.
DENNIS (uncovering it). Heads. You shall have first knock.
NORWOOD (bewildered). What do you--I don't--
DENNIS. You have five minutes in which to lay your case before Mrs.
Camberley. (He looks at his watch) Five minutes--and then I shall come
back. . . . Is there a fire in the dining-room, Kate?
KATE (smiling in spite of herself). A gas-fire; it isn't lit.
DENNIS. Then I shall light it. (to NORWOOD) That will make the room
nice and warm for you by the time you've finished. (He goes to the
door and says again) Five minutes.
(There is an awkward silence after he is gone. KATE waits for NORWOOD
to say something, but NORWOOD doesn't know in the least what is
expected of him.)
NORWOOD (looking anxiously at the door). What's the fellow's game, eh?
KATE. Game?
NORWOOD. Yes. What's he up to?
KATE. Is he up to anything?
NORWOOD. I don't like it. Why the devil did he choose to-day to come
back? If he'd waited another week, we'd have been safely away
together.
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