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sarah.His colleagues wouldn't support him.

ann.Why was that?

sarah.They disapproved of what he did.

ann.Did he do right... giving it up?

sarah.Yes.

george.We hope so. Time will tell. An irreverent quipster once named him Carnaby Leech.

sarah.I know.

george.I wonder if his true enemies think him wise to have dropped off the Stamp Office?

ann.Has he quarrelled with Sir Charles?

sarah.Politically.

ann.Isn't that awkward for you?

sarah.Not a bit.

george.Hear a statement that includes our lives. Markswayde goes at his death... see reversionary mortgage. The income's an annuity now. The cash in the house will be ours. The debts are paid... at last.

ann.And there remains me.

george.Bad grammar. Meanwhile our father is a tongue, which is worth buying; but I don't think he ought to go over to the enemy... for the second time.

sarah.One party is as good as another; each works for the same end, I should hope.

george.I won't argue about it.

ann.I suppose that a woman's profession is marriage.

george.My lord has departed.