Avonia.
How did he manage it all? [Tom taps his breast proudly.] But isn't Rose to be told? why shouldn't she be told?
Tom.
She has hurt the boy, stung him to the quick, and he's proud.
Avonia.
But she loves him now that she believes he has forgotten her. She only half loved him before. She loves him!
Tom.
Serve her right.
Avonia.
Oh, Tom, is she never to know?