PIM. And you will tell your husband—you will break the news to him?
OLIVIA (smiling to herself). I will—break the news to him.
PIM. You understand how it is that I thought it better to come to you in the first place?
OLIVIA. I am very glad you did.
PIM (holding out his hand). Then I will say good-bye, and—er—
OLIVIA. Just a moment, Mr. Pim. Let us have it quite clear this time. You never knew my husband, Jacob Telworthy, you never met him in Australia, you never saw him on the boat, and nothing whatever happened to him at Marseilles. Is that right?
PIM. Yes, yes, that is so.
OLIVIA. So that, since he was supposed to have died in Australia six years ago, he is presumably still dead?
PIM. Yes, yes, undoubtedly.
OLIVIA (holding out her hand with a charming smile). Then good-bye, Mr. Pim, and thank you so much for—for all your trouble.