Ah! I might believe you if you said you were not speaking the truth.
OLGA
Must I think and speak only as you wish me to?
DEVIL
Not yet. Now what can I do for you?
OLGA, very earnestly L. C.
Don't come tonight. Now my husband has come, I am myself again, and your manner grates upon me. I had begun to feel as if some strange force—some invisible hand—was clutching me —holding me in spite of myself. There is a mystery about you. It frightens me. I thanked God when I heard that bell ring. He came just in time.
DEVIL
To point a moral and break up a charming party. We were just beginning to understand each other.
OLGA