BOBBY. Oh, I say, it's awfully warm.
MR. KNOWLE. Well, Jane, I shall take _you_ out. If we meet any of
Sandy's fairy friends, you can introduce me.
MELISANDE (looking across warningly at her). Jane----
JANE (awkwardly). I'm afraid, Uncle Henry, that Melisande and I--I
promised Sandy--we----
MR. KNOWLE (putting her arm firmly through his). Nonsense. I'm not
going to have my niece taken away from me, when she is only staying
with us for such a short time. Besides I insist upon being introduced
to Titania. I want to complain about the rings on the tennis-lawn.
They must dance somewhere else.
JANE (looking anxiously at MELISANDE). You see, Uncle Henry, I'm not
feeling very----
MELISANDE (resigned) All right, Jane.
JANE (brightly). All right, Uncle Henry.
MR. KNOWLE (very brightly). It's all right, Bobby.
JANE. Come along! (They go to the open windows together.)
MR. KNOWLE (as they go). Any message for Oberon, if we meet him?
MELISANDE (gravely). No, thank you, Father.
MR. KNOWLE. It's his turn to write, I suppose.
(JANE laughs as they go out together.)
(Left alone, MELISANDE takes up a book and goes to the sofa with it,
while BOBBY walks about the room unhappily, whistling to himself.
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