MARWOOD.
I believe so too. Ha! ha! ha! (contemptuously).
HANNAH.
Why do you laugh, Madam? You really risked a great deal, if you were not in earnest about it. Suppose he had taken you at your word?
MARWOOD.
Oh, nonsense, one knows with whom one has to deal.
HANNAH.
I quite admit that! But you too, my pretty Bella, did your part excellently, excellently!
ARABELLA.
How so? Could I do it, then, any other way? I had not seen him for such a long time. I hope you are not angry, Madam, that I love him so? I love you as much as him, just as much.