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Say nothing more about it: there is company at hand.

But not disagreeable company, I hope. If it be so, tell me frankly (looking significantly at them both), and I will retire.

You are too well aware, Sir John, that your company is always agreeable.

In this house I am sure it is.—And you arrive at a lucky moment, too; for I hear Lady Worrymore coming.

Good morning, Lady Worrymore: how kind you are to call upon me, occupied as you are with so many objects of interest.

Don't speak to me, dear creature.

May I presume to say how

Don't speak to me, Sir John; where is pen