Austin. I'm sorry to learn you've been ill.
Ruth. Oh! it's nothing.
Austin. Ah, I'm afraid it's a good deal. Will you forgive me if I say I think I know what it is!
[She looks up startled.
[After a moment.
You haven't forgotten the day of Jinny's and my wedding, when you told me Geoffrey Tillman needed a friend?
Ruth. I hoped you'd forgotten; I oughtn't to have told you; I oughtn't to have!
Austin. Why not? I had a talk with Geoffrey, then, and he told me everything.
Ruth. He did! You are sure?
Austin. Sure.