I always treated you fairly.

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!