DINAH.

[Sobbing.] But we are to be separated for five years. Oh, Reggie, you trust me implicitly, don't you?

REGINALD.

[Fiercely.] I do. And that is why I warn you never to let me hear of you addressing another man.

DINAH.

Oh, Reggie! [They embrace.]

RANKLING.

Don't do that! You don't see me behaving in that way to Mrs. Rankling—and we've been married for years.

MRS. RANKLING.

[To Dinah.] But you and Mr. Paulover are to be allowed to meet once every quarter.