[_Behind Rose, imitating Gadd._] Child, I confess I adore you.
_Tom._
[_Taking Colpoys by the arm and swinging him away from Rose._] Enough of
that, Colpoys!
_Colpoys._
What!
_Rose._
[_Rising._] Hush!
_Tom._
[_Under his breath._] If you've never learnt how to behave----
_Colpoys._
Don't you teach behavior, sir, to a gentleman who plays a superior line
of business to yourself! [_Muttering. _] 'Pon my soul! rum start!
_Avonia._
[_Going to Rose._] Of course I ought to have written to you, dear,
properly, but you remember the weeks it takes me to write a letter---
[_Gadd sits in the chair Avonia has just quitted; she returns and seats
herself upon his knee._]And so I said to Ferdy, over tea, "Ferdy, let's
spend a bit of our honeymoon' in doing the West End thoroughly, and
going and seeing where Rose Trelawny lives." And we thought it only nice
and polite to invite Tom Wrench and Gussy----
_Gadd._
'Vonia, much less of the Gussy!
_Avonia._
[_Kissing Gadd._] Jealous boy! [_Beaming._] Oh, and we have done the
West End thoroughly. There, I've never done the West End so thoroughly
in my life! And when we got outside your house I couldn't resist. [_Her
hand on Gadd's shirt sleeve._] Oh, gracious! I'm sure you'll catch your
death, my darling---!
_Rose._
I think I can get him some wine. [_To Gadd._] Will you take some wine,
Ferdinand?
[_Gadd rises, nearly upsetting Avonia._]
_Avonia._
Ferdy!
_Gadd._