[_Faintly._] Fancy! [_He is drawing her to him slowly when, uttering a low cry, she embraces him wildly and passionately._] Oh! [_Clinging to him._] Oh, Phil! Oh--oh--oh----! PHILIP. [_Responding to her embrace._] Otto--Otto----! OTTOLINE. [_Breaking from him._] Oh----! [_She hurries to the outer door. He follows her quickly, closing the vestibule door after him. Then the outer door is heard to shut, and the curtain falls. After a short interval, the curtain rises again, showing all the doors closed and the study in darkness save for the light of the fire. The bell rings, and again there is an interval; and then the vestibule door is opened by_ JOHN--_attired for waiting at table--and_ BERTRAM _brushes past him and enters._ BERTRAM _is in evening dress._ BERTRAM. [_As he enters, brusquely._] Yes, I know I'm a little too soon. I want to speak to Mr. Mackworth--before the others come, I mean t'say---- [JOHN _switches on the light of a lamp by the vestibule door. It is now seen that_ BERTRAM _is greatly flustered and excited._ JOHN. [_Taking_ BERTRAM's _hat, overcoat, etc._] I'll tell Mr. Mackworth, sir. He's dressin'. [JOHN, _eyeing_ BERTRAM _wonderingly, goes to the door of the bedroom_. _There, having switched on the light of another lamp, he knocks._ PHILIP. [_From the bedroom._] Yes? JOHN. [_Opening the door a few inches._] Mr. Filson, sir. PHILIP. [_Calling out._] Hallo, Bertram! JOHN. Mr. Filson wants to speak to you, sir. PHILIP. I'll be with him in ten seconds. Leave the door open. JOHN. Yessir. [JOHN _withdraws, carrying_ BERTRAM's _outdoor things into the vestibule and shutting the vestibule door_. PHILIP.