Georgiana. [Softly, thoughtfully.] Can one cable to the Philippines?
Steven. Yes!
[Smiling and again giving her a little squeeze.
Georgiana. [Going to the sofa.] So far as I'm
concerned, my money now doesn't count a rap. Dick has plenty and doesn't want mine. So now it's only Louise and mother you must think of, and you can take care of them well, you know you can, if they'll only accept the different conditions. And Dick and I'll help—
Steven. [Interrupting.] I hate to say it, Georgiana, but suppose—
[Very serious.
Georgiana. What?
Steven. Well, you know why Dick wrote that letter,—because he was going into dangerous fighting.
Georgiana. Oh, he will come back, he must come back! So few of our men have been lost in the Philippines, Dick can't be one of the few. After all, life nowadays isn't so tragic as that.