LADY FLO: I shall, instantly; and when you desire to come home, I shall
give the servants orders not to admit you----
SIR W. (_turning to JEM_): A man not admitted to his own house! That's
rather too good, isn't it, Jem?
LADY FLO: We shall see! (_Turns to KITTY_) Meanwhile, Kitty, I bid you
good-bye.
KITTY: Oh! Aunty! You can't mean that! Pray don't say good-bye!
LADY FLO (_dramatically_): Yes, I mean "_Good-bye_"! (_Brushes furiously
past SIR WILLIAM, and exit. KITTY makes movement to follow, but returns
to SIR WILLIAM and JEM._)
SIR W. _(bitterly):_ Don't hold her back, Kitty.
JEM: You are mad!
SIR W.: Less mad than you, when an hour ago you told me you found life
intolerable with Kitty.
KITTY (_moved_): He said that? _Jem_ said that to you?