Quex.

Now then! You've been at the key-hole, have you?

Sophy.

[Slightly embarrassed.] Y—yes.

Quex.

[Sharply.] Eh?

Sophy.

[Defiantly.] Yes; you know I have.

Quex.

Ah. And I should like to know a little more, while we are upon the delicate subject of spying. When I found you behind the cypress-hedge this evening before dinner—