[_Gets_ RENIE _off, turns, looks daggers at_ LUCAS, _goes off after_ RENIE, _closes door in his face. He opens it, and goes after her._
_Lucas._ I say, Doll, what's up? [_Follows her off._] What's the matter?
_Matt._ [_Reading_ DOLLY'S _note._] "Be very severe with him. Make a great point of the dairy windows. He'll understand." Dairy windows?
[_Puts the note in his pocket, as_ LUCAS _re-enters, puzzled and disappointed._
_Lucas._ I can't think what's the matter with Dolly. She has done nothing but snub me all the evening.
_Matt._ [_Looking at him sternly._] So I should imagine!
_Lucas._ [_Startled by his manner._] I say, have I done anything?
_Matt._ Done anything! I'm a man of the world! nobody can accuse me of being strait-laced, and therefore I suppose you think you can come here and set at defiance all the----it's disgraceful!
_Lucas._ Would you mind telling me what you're hinting at?
_Matt._ I'm not hinting! I'm going to speak out very plainly, and I tell you that I look upon your conduct as something atrocious!
_Lucas._ I say, Uncle, what's all this about?
_Matt._ What's it about? What's it about? It's about the dairy windows!
_Lucas._ Then it was you--phew!--so it was you?
_Matt._ Well, after the dairy windows, can you stand there and tell me you aren't thoroughly, completely, heartily ashamed of yourself?
_Lucas._ Well, I suppose I am. But, after all, it wasn't so very bad----
_Matt._ [_Regards him for a few moments._] Well, I'm astonished! If you don't consider your behaviour d--ee--d awful, will you please find me some word that will describe it?
_Lucas._ You know you're putting a much worse construction on this than the necessities of the case demand.
_Lucas._ I've nothing to reproach myself with. Mrs. Biggs wasn't out of the dairy three minutes, and you were hanging about the windows all the time.
_Lucas._ Yes, and I must say that when you saw two people engaged in an interesting conversation the least you could do was to pass on and take no notice.
_Lucas._ Well, what did you call it? If it comes to that, what do you accuse me of?
_Matt._ Well, here you are, on the first day of the year, after listening to a most eloquent sermon, after making a solemn resolution to give up all your bad habits----