Ah, _is_ she alone? Jane, did you count the gardeners as
I asked you?
MR. KNOWLE. Count the gardeners?
MRS. KNOWLE. To make sure that none of them is missing too.
JANE. It's quite all right, Aunt Mary. Sandy will be back by tea-time.
MRS. KNOWLE (resigned). It all comes of christening her Melisande. You
know, Henry, I quite thought you said Millicent.
MR. KNOWLE. Well, talking about tea, my dear--at which happy meal our
long-lost daughter will be restored to us--we have a visitor coming, a
nice young fellow who takes an interest in prints.
MRS. KNOWLE. I've heard nothing of this, Henry.
MR. KNOWLE. No, my dear, that's why I'm telling you now.
MRS. KNOWLE. A young man?
MR. KNOWLE. Yes.
MRS. KNOWLE. Nice-looking?
MR. KNOWLE. Yes.
MRS. KNOWLE. Rich?
MR. KNOWLE. I forgot to ask him, Mary. However, we can remedy that
omission as soon as he arrives.
MRS. KNOWLE. It's a very unfortunate day for him to have chosen.
Here's Sandy lost, and I'm not fit to be seen, and--Jane, your hair
wants tidying----
MR. KNOWLE. He is not coming to see you or Sandy or Jane, my dear; he
is coming to see me. Fortunately, I am looking very beautiful this
afternoon.
MRS. KNOWLE. Jane, you had better be in the garden, dear, and see if
you can stop Sandy before she comes in, and just give her a warning.
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