GEOFFREY I know, dear. I was afraid. It mightn't have come off.
And then you would have been so disappointed.
ANNYS [There are tears in her eyes. She still clings to him.] I
am so glad. Oh, I am so glad!
GEOFFREY It is all your doing. You have been such a splendid
help. [He breaks gently away from her. Turns to ST. HERBERT, with
a lighter tone.] Haven't you anything to say to a fellow? You're
not usually dumb.
ST. HERBERT It has all been so sudden--as the early Victorian
heroine was fond of remarking!
GEOFFREY [Laughs.] It has been sudden. We had, none of us, any
idea till yesterday that old Bullock was thinking of resigning.
ELIZABETH [She has risen and moved towards the fire.] Won't it
necessitate a bye-election?
[LADY MOGTON and ST. HERBERT have been thinking it out. On the
others the word falls like a bombshell.]
GEOFFREY [He turns to her. He does not see their faces.] Yes.
But I don't anticipate a contest. The Conservatives are without a
candidate, and I am on good terms with the Labour Party.
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