[125]EUSTASIA. But this week has shown us to each other as we really are.
NICHOLAS. It has.
EUSTASIA. And now I feel absolutely safe. We are ready to face the world together, Nicholas. (She sighs and leans back happily in his arms.)
NICHOLAS. Ready to face the world together.
(He has his pipe in his right hand, which is round her waist. Her eyes are closed, her left hand, encircling his neck, holds his left hand. He tries to bend his head down so as to get hold of his pipe with his teeth. Several times he tries and just misses it. Each time he pulls her a little closer to him, and she sighs happily. At last he gets hold of it. He leans back with a gasp of relief.)
EUSTASIA (still with her eyes closed). What is it, darling?
NICHOLAS. Nothing, Eustasia, nothing. Just happiness.
(But they are not to be alone with it for long, for MR. LATIMER comes in.)
LATIMER. Good morning, my friends, good morning.
(They move apart and NICHOLAS jumps up.)