Mallory?
GERVASE. Thank you. (to MRS. KNOWLE) Won't you----
(He begins to get up.)
MRS. KNOWLE. _Please_ don't trouble. I never have more than one cup.
Dr. Anderson is very firm about that. Only one cup, Mrs. Knowle.
BOBBY (to MELISANDE). Sandwich? Oh, you're busy. Sandwich, Jane?
JANE (taking one). Thank you.
BOBBY (to GERVASE). Sandwich?
GERVASE. Thank you.
BOBBY (to MR. KNOWLE). Sandwich?
MR. KNOWLE. Thank you, Bobby. Fortunately nobody minds what _I_ eat or
drink.
BOBBY (to himself). Sandwich, Mr. Coote? Thank you. (He takes one.)
MRS. KNOWLE (to GERVASE). Being such an invalid, Mr. Mallory, it is a
great comfort to me to have Melisande to look after the house.
GERVASE. I am sure it is.
MRS. KNOWLE. Of course, I can't expect to keep her for ever.
MELISANDE (coldly). More tea, Jane?
JANE. Thank you, dear.
MRS. KNOWLE. It's extraordinary how she has taken to it. I must say
that I do like a girl to be a good housekeeper. Don't you agree, Mr.
Mallory?
GERVASE. Well, of course, all that sort of thing _is_ rather
important.
MRS. KNOWLE. That's what I always tell Sandy. "Happiness begins in the
kitchen, Sandy."
MELISANDE. I'm sure Mr. Mallory agrees with you, Mother.
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