Paula.
[Weakly.] Oh! I beg your pardon—I know you did—I——
[She sinks on to the settee, crying hysterically.
Hugh.
Hush!
Paula.
She kissed me to-night! I'd won her over! I've had such a fight to make her love me! And now—just as she's beginning to love me, to bring this on her!
Hugh.
Hush, hush! Don't break down!