Rachel: I hadn’t forgotten.
Strong: Wouldn’t it be easier for you, little girl, if you could tell—some one?
Rachel: No. (A silence).
Strong: Rachel,—you’re fond of flowers,—aren’t you?
Rachel: Yes.
Strong: Rosebuds—red rosebuds—particularly?
Rachel (Nervously): Yes.
Strong: Did you—dislike—the giver?
Rachel (More nervously; bracing herself): No, of course not.
Strong: Rachel,—why—why—did you—kill the roses—then?