EUSTASIA. Darling, you aren’t regretting?
NICHOLAS (hastily). No, no! (She takes out her handkerchief ominously.) No, no, no! (She begins to sob.) No! No! (He is almost shouting.) Eustasia, listen! I love you! I’m not regretting! I’ve never been so happy! (She is sobbing tumultuously.) So happy, Eustasia! I have never, never been so happy! Can’t you hear?
EUSTASIA (throwing herself into his arms). Darling!
NICHOLAS. There, there!
EUSTASIA (drying her eyes). Oh, Nicholas, you frightened me so! Just for a moment I was afraid you were regretting.
NICHOLAS. No, no!
EUSTASIA. How right Mr. Latimer was!
NICHOLAS (with conviction). He was indeed.
EUSTASIA. How little we really knew of each other when you asked me to come away with you!
NICHOLAS. How little!