Austin. How are you going to do it?
Geoffrey. I must make money somehow and buy off Maggie.
Austin. Yes, go out to Sioux Falls, get a divorce there on respectable grounds, and settle a sum of money on Maggie.
Geoffrey. But I can't do that!
Austin. Why not?
Geoffrey. I can't do anything that would give publicity, and that divorce would.
Austin. Any divorce would; you can't get rid of that.
Geoffrey. I tell you I can't have publicity. Ruth—Miss Chester—would hear of it.
Austin. Well, if she loves you, she'll forgive your wild oats, especially as every one sees now what a steady, straight fellow you've become.
Geoffrey. It's Ruth! But I can't do that. No, Jack, you must help—you will, won't you? Oh, do, for Jinny's sake! Help me to persuade Maggie to keep silent for good, tear up that certificate of marriage. I was only twenty; it's hardly legal, and I'll settle a good sum—