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TENTERDEN (holding up a protesting hand). Ah, ssss1well—that—I have no doubt whatever—I, too, would see that my daughter—but all that can be arranged later. That goes without saying. But naturally there are also other matters which will require to be discussed. I don’t know if Jack——

IRIS. You mean about the Beans? I told Daddy Broxopp.

TENTERDEN (blankly). You told—ah?

IRIS. Daddy Broxopp.

BROXOPP (with a proud smile). What she is pleased to call me, Sir Roger.

TENTERDEN. Oh—ah—yes. Quite so. Well there, we all understand the position. (With his pleasant smile) That clears the ground, doesn’t it, Mrs.Broxopp?

NANCY. It’s much better to have things out.

TENTERDEN. You put it admirably. It was with that purpose that I came round this morning. Jack had given me a hint of his feelings and—well, naturally, I had my feelings, too. It is a matter which, after all, concerns me very closely.

BROXOPP (puzzled). Yes?

TENTERDEN. Surely, my dear Broxopp! Iris’s child, Jack’s child, would be—my grandson!