(_The door opens_; GEOFFREY _enters_. _He is a youngish-looking man of
three or four and thirty_. LADY MOGTON, _at the sound of the door_,
_turns_. ST. HERBERT _rises_. _There is a pause_.)
LADY MOGTON. We’ve been talking about you. We must apologise for
turning your drawing-room—
GEOFFREY. My dear mother-in-law, it is Providence. (_He kisses her_.)
There is no one I was more longing to see.
ANNYS. (_She has risen_.) Hake told me you would be dining at the
House.
GEOFFREY. (_He comes to her_, _kisses her_, _he is in a state of
suppressed excitement_.) I shall be. I came back to bring you some
news.