[_Reproachfully._] For shame!
FARNCOMBE.
I mean it.
LILY.
T"sh! [_Lightly._] See you again some day, perhaps?
FARNCOMBE.
Ah, yes--
ROPER.
[_Calling to FARNCOMBE._] Coming our way, Farncombe?
[_ROPER, BLAND, and DE CASTRO depart. FARNCOMBE bows to LILY and makes for the door._
FARNCOMBE.
[_To JEYES._] Good-bye, Captain Jeyes.
JEYES.
[_Who has wandered to the entrance to the conservatory, where he is now standing with his back to the room-- half turning._] Good-bye.
FARNCOMBE.
[_Shaking hands with MRS. UPJOHN._] Delightful! Enjoyed myself amazingly.
MRS. UPJOHN.
[_Graciously._] Oh, we"re always glad when a few folks pop in-- [_he wrings her hand_] if they don"t over-stay their welcome.
FARNCOMBE.
Naturally. [_Hurriedly._] Good-bye. [_He vanishes._
MRS. UPJOHN.
[_Remaining at the door._] Captain----
JEYES.
[_Advancing._] I want just half a dozen words with Lily, Mrs. Upjohn.
LILY.
[_To MRS. UPJOHN._] Tell Maud to put out my old green frock, mother; I"ll be up in a minute or two.
MRS. UPJOHN.
[_To JEYES._] Now, you won"t keep "er longer, will you?
JEYES.
[_Grimly._] No, no; I know she won"t be in bed till four o"clock to-morrow morning at the earliest. [_MRS. UPJOHN goes out, closing the door, and Jeyes comes to LILY._] So Smythe is giving you a grand feed to-night at the theatre, Lil?
LILY.
[_Arranging the pillows on the settee._] In the foyer.
JEYES.
And a dance, it appears.
LILY.
[_Yawning._] Oh-h-h-h! [_Lying upon the settee at full length._] Who told _you_, grumpy?
JEYES.
Roper and your mother told me about the supper. _You_ didn"t.
LILY.
Ha, ha! You were in such a vile mood last night, coming home.
JEYES.
Who will there be to dance _with_ to-night?
LILY.
The men of the Company.
JEYES.
That doesn"t sound very inspiring.
LILY.
Rather school-treaty, isn"t it!
JEYES.
n.o.body from outside?