[OTTOLINE _passes_ PHILIP _and enters the room, holding out her hand to_ SIR TIMOTHY. _Her eyes are black-rimmed from sleeplessness; but whatever asperity she has displayed overnight has disappeared, and she is again full of softness and charm._ OTTOLINE. Sir Tim! PHILIP. [_Shutting the outer door--breathing freely._] Kind of Sir Timothy to look me up, isn't it? OTTOLINE. [_To_ SIR TIMOTHY.] _Vous etes un vaurien!_ When did you return? SIR TIMOTHY. [_Who has flung his cigarette into the grate--crestfallen._] The day before yesterday. OTTOLINE. Then I mustn't scold you for not having been to see us yet. [_Wonderingly._] You find time to call on Mr. Mackworth, though! SIR TIMOTHY. [_With a gulp._] I--I was on my way to my solicitors, who are in Raymond Buildings, and I remembered that I knew Mackworth years ago---- PHILIP. [_Loitering near the vestibule door, impatient for_ SIR TIMOTHY's _departure._] When I was a rollicking man-about-town, eh, Barradell! SIR TIMOTHY. [_Retaining_ OTTOLINE's _hand--to her, earnestly._] My dear Madame de Chaumie---- OTTOLINE. Yes? SIR TIMOTHY. [_Bracing himself._] A little bird brought the news to me shortly after I left England. [_She lowers her eyes._] I--I congratulate you and Mackworth--I congratulate you from the core of my heart. OTTOLINE. [_In a quiet voice._] Thank you, dear Sir Timothy. SIR TIMOTHY. May you both be as happy as you deserve to be, and even happier! PHILIP. [_Laughing._] Ha, ha, ha! SIR TIMOTHY. [_Squeezing her hand._] Good-bye for the present. OTTOLINE. [_Smilingly._] Good-bye. [_He passes her and joins_ PHILIP. _Unseen by_ OTTOLINE_--who proceeds to loosen her coat at the settee on the right--_ PHILIP _again gives_ SIR TIMOTHY _a vigorous hand-shake._ SIR TIMOTHY _responds to it disconsolately, and is following_ PHILIP _into the vestibule when he hears_ OTTOLINE _call to him._] Sir Tim! SIR TIMOTHY. [_Turning._] Hallo! OTTOLINE. [_Lightly._] Is your car here? SIR TIMOTHY. [_Brightening._] It is. OTTOLINE. You may give me a lift to Bond Street, if your business with your lawyers won't keep you long. SIR TIMOTHY.