Sophy.

[Looking at her.] I'm so sorry.

Muriel.

[Looking at Sophy.] You look rather washed out too. Haven't you slept, either?

Sophy.

[Turning her head away.] Not over well. [Falteringly.] Then, after all, it would have been better if I had spied on her?

Muriel.

Anything—even that—would have been preferable to this uncertainty.

Sophy.

[To herself, her jaw falling.] Oh—!