LEAH.—[turning fiercely.] Ha! You call me back? I am pitiless now.
RUD.—You broke faith first. You took the money.
LEAH.—Money! What money?
RUD.—The money my father sent you.
LEAH.—Sent me money? For what?
RUD.—[hesitating.] To induce you to release me—to——
LEAH.—That I might release you? And you knew it? You permitted it?
RUD.—I staked my life that you would not take it.
LEAH.—And you believed I had taken it?
RUD.—How could I believe otherwise? I——