Georgiana. [Rising.] No, don't go.

Dick. [Looking at his watch.] I must.

Georgiana. No, let me see your watch. Yes, you have got three more minutes. Please—sit down—

[She persuades him to sit down again, and she reseats herself.

Dick. Have your own way!

Georgiana. Will there be fighting?

Dick. I hope so!

Georgiana. Oh, but what fighting! I've read, I know—ambushes and tortures—their war is murder.

Dick. Yes, and that's why we're going out there to put an end to it.

Georgiana. Why need you?