GUY. The truth about my wife is what I'm waiting for.
MARTIN. Hadn't you better ask her?
GUY. I don't question my wife before a workman.
MARTIN. Shall I leave you? (But he doesn't move.)
GUY. You don't seem in any hurry.
MARTIN (easily). No. The time for that is past. I've stayed here too long for going now.
RUTH. Thank God, then I've succeeded.
GUY (coldly). Succeeded? How?
RUTH. I've kept him here until the danger passed. He meant to burn the factory and murder you. He told me so and I—I kept him here. I've played with him. I've——
MARTIN. You played with fire, and it's not your fault you haven't burnt yourself.