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sarah.So does he.

The three pass along the terrace.

ann.[To lord john.]Will you sit down?

lord john.It's not worth while. Do you know I must be quite twice your age?

ann.A doubled responsibility, my lord.

lord john.I suppose it is.

ann.I don't say so. That's a phrase from a book ... sounded well.

lord john.My dear Miss Ann...[He stops.]

ann.Go on being polite.

lord john.If you'll keep your head turned away.

ann.Why must I?

lord john.There's lightning in the glances of your eye.

ann.Do use vulgar words to me.

lord john.[With a sudden fatherly kindness.]Go to bed... you're dead tired. And good-bye... I'll be gone before you wake.

ann.Good-bye.

She shakes hands with him, then walks towards her father who is coming down the steps.

ann.Papa, don't my roses want looking to?

carnaby.[Pats her cheek.]These?

ann.Those.

carnaby.Abud is under your thumb, horticulturally speaking.

ann.Where's Sally?

She goes on to sarah, who is standing with george at the top of the steps. carnaby looks lord john up and down.