Fraser.

[Rising and facing her.] For what?

Theophila.

Why, for all the bother I’ve caused.

Fraser.

[Resuming his seat.] Oh——!

[She stares at him for a moment, surprised and disappointed, then turns away.

Theophila.

[To herself.] Oh——! [To him.] Alec, I’ve had the idea that the trouble we’ve lately gone through, both of us, over this horrid business, might help to bring us together. We haven’t got along over-well, have we?

Fraser.