LINA. _[quietly]_ You are quite awake, sir. JOHNNY. We cant all be dreaming the same thing, Governor. TARLETON. Of course not, you duffer; but then I'm dreaming you as well as the lady. MRS TARLETON. Dont be silly, John. The lady is only joking, I'm sure. _[To Lina]_ I suppose your luggage is in the aeroplane. PERCIVAL. Luggage was out of the question. If I stay to dinner I'm afraid I cant change unless youll lend me some clothes. MRS TARLETON. Do you mean neither of you? PERCIVAL. I'm afraid so. MRS TARLETON. Oh well, never mind: Hypatia will lend the lady a gown. LINA. Thank you: I'm quite comfortable as I am. I am not accustomed to gowns: they hamper me and make me feel ridiculous; so if you dont mind I shall not change. MRS TARLETON. Well, I'm beginning to think I'm doing a bit of dreaming myself. HYPATIA. _[impatiently]_ Oh, it's all right, mamma. Johnny: look after Mr. Percival. _[To Lina, rising]_ Come with me. _Lina follows her to the inner door. They all rise._ JOHNNY. _[to Percival]_ I'll shew you. PERCIVAL. Thank you. _Lina goes out with Hypatia, and Percival with Johnny._ MRS TARLETON. Well, this is a nice thing to happen! And look at the greenhouse! Itll cost thirty pounds to mend it. People have no right to do such things. And you invited them to dinner too! What sort of woman is that to have in our house when you know that all Hindhead will be calling on us to see that aeroplane? Bunny: come with me and help me to get all the people out of the grounds: I declare they came running as if theyd sprung up out of the earth _[she makes for the inner door]._ TARLETON. No: dont you trouble, Chickabiddy: I'll tackle em. MRS TARLETON. Indeed youll do nothing of the kind: youll stay here quietly with Lord Summerhays. Youd invite them all to dinner. Come, Bunny. _[She goes out, followed by Bentley. Lord Summerhays sits down again]._ TARLETON. Singularly beautiful woman Summerhays. What do you make of her? She must be a princess. Whats this family of warriors and statesmen that risk their lives every day? LORD SUMMERHAYS. They are evidently not warriors and statesmen, or they wouldnt do that. TARLETON. Well, then, who the devil are they? LORD SUMMERHAYS. I think I know. The last time I saw that lady, she did something I should not have thought possible. TARLETON. What was that? LORD SUMMERHAYS. Well, she walked backwards along a taut wire without a balancing pole and turned a somersault in the middle. I remember that her name was Lina, and that the other name was foreign; though I dont recollect it. TARLETON. Szcz! You couldnt have forgotten that if youd heard it. LORD SUMMERHAYS. I didnt hear it: I only saw it on a program. But it's clear shes an acrobat. It explains how she saved Percival. And it accounts for her family pride.