Ah!

Ellean.

That is, if—if——

Paula.

If—if what?

Ellean.

[Looking towards Aubrey, appealingly.] Papa!

Paula.

[In a hard voice.] Oh, of course—I forgot. [To Aubrey.] My dear Aubrey, it rests with you, naturally, whether I am—to lose—Ellean.

Aubrey.