Theophila.

I’ll not stir!

Fraser.

Would you let me go alone?

Theophila.

[Recoiling.] Oh——!

Fraser.

[Following her.] You see, you will have to come with me.

Theophila.

You’d be a brute to do it, Alec! [Stamping her foot.] Don’t you hear me? Can’t you understand me? You’re not a fool! I tell you we’ve got to try to convince people——