_Cyril._ At the Parnassus. [Lord _and_ Lady Doldrummond _exchange horrified glances_.] I daresay you have never heard of the place, but it amuses me to go there, and I must learn life for myself. I am two-and-twenty, and it is not extraordinary that I should wish to be my own master. I intend to have chambers of my own in town. _Lady Dol._ Surely you have every liberty in this house? _Lord Dol._ If you leave us, you will leave the rooms in which your mother has spent every hour of her life, since the day you were born, planning and improving. Must all her care and thought go for nothing? The silk hangings in your bedroom she worked with her own hands. There is not so much as a pen-wiper in your quarter of the house which she did not choose with the idea of giving you one more token of her affection. _Cyril._ I am not ungrateful, but I cannot see much of the world through my mother's embroidery. As you say, I have every comfort here. I may gorge at your expense and snore on your pillows and bully your servants. I can do everything, in fact, but live. Dear mother, be reasonable. [_Tries to kiss her. She remains quite frigid._] [Footman _enters_.] _Footman._ The dog-cart is at the door, my lord. _Cyril._ You think it well over and you will see that I am perfectly right. Come on, Mandeville, we shall miss the train. Make haste: there is no time to be polite. [_He goes out, dragging_ Mandeville _after him, and ignoring_ Julia.] _Lord Dol._ Was that my son? I am ashamed of him! To desert us in this rude, insolent, heartless manner. If I had whipped him more and loved him less, he would not have been leaving me to lodge with a God knows who. I disown him! The fool! _Lady Dol._ If you have anything to say, blame _me_! Cyril has the noblest heart in the world; _I_ am the fool. _Curtain._ Transcriber's Notes: Words in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Greek words have been transliterated. Punctuation was standardized. Words in dialect, obsolete or alternative spellings were not changed. The following were corrected: