Judy: "Why can't we all go where we like? Must we have a holiday en masse?"
Mr. Pendleton: "You can hardly speak of a small party of five as going 'en masse.'"
Gordon: "I won't be one of the party, so it's only four. You know, Mother, Helen and I will be at Ottway Castle for July and August."
Millie: "Of course, dear. I know you are provided for. It's Judy and Noel I was thinking of."
Judy: "But why don't you and father go to Scotland, and let Noel and me go somewhere else—Devon or Cornwall for a change. It's so dull doing the same thing every year."
Mr. Pendleton: "I think we will all go together as usual."
(Silence.)
Judy: "Then why ask us to make up our minds where we want to go?"
Mr. Pendleton: "Your mother asked. Personally, I am convinced that Scotland is the most bracing."
Judy: "I really don't feel I want to be braced. Do you, Noel?"
Noel: "I loathe bracing places."
Mr. Pendleton: "Then let us all go to Cornwall."
Millie: "I find Cornwall so relaxing."
