Austin. [Bitterly.] So do I. Well, Maggie is to have six hundred dollars a year.
Geoffrey. Where'll I get it?
Austin. We'll talk about that when the time comes. [He rises.] Now the most important, the most painful, task of all must be done and you must do it. Not I this time—you!
Geoffrey. [Looking up, frightened.] What?
Austin. Ruth Chester landed this morning.
Geoffrey. [Starting up.] Impossible!
[Rising.
Austin. The moment Maggie signed my paper I cabled Miss Chester to return. You can't go out west and institute proceedings for divorce without her knowing the whole truth from you first! You don't want her to find it out from the newspapers, do you?
Geoffrey. And you want me to tell her?
Austin. To-day. And to-morrow you start west!