JACK. Your father's making a mistake.
ELSIE. About what?
JACK (exasperated). It's a confidential matter, Elsie.
ELSIE. That means there's something you're afraid to tell me.
JACK. I'm not afraid. He spoke to me in private, and it's giving him away.
ELSIE. You can't give him away to me. I've lived at home too long for that.
JACK. I can't abuse his confidence.
ELSIE. Are you going to talk about your conscience again? Father said you broke your arm for my sake and I want to know what it means.
JACK. But I didn't, Elsie. It was an accident.
ELSIE. He thought not.