Of course not! Naturally! That's just it!… Oh, and you don't even know it!
LOTH
And surely it seems to me …
HELEN
Doesn't it? Like a whole, long year! Doesn't it? [Half jumping up.]
Wait…! Don't you hear … [They move away from each other.] Oh, but
I don't care one bit! I am so full of courage now.
[She remains seated and invites LOTH with her eyes to move nearer, which he does.
HELEN
[In LOTH'S arms.] Dear, what are we going to do first?
LOTH
Your step-mother, I suppose, would send me packing.