Yes, yes; I don’t need any driving.

[He goes down the garden.

Mrs. Bernick.

Lona, you amaze me. You cannot possibly be in earnest.

Lona.

Yes, indeed I am. Isn’t she fresh, and sound, and true? She’s just the wife for John. She’s the sort of companion he needs over there; a different thing from an old step-sister.

Mrs. Bernick.

Dina! Dina Dorf! Just think——!

Lona.

I think first and foremost of the boy’s happiness. Help him I must and will—he needs a little help in such matters; he has never had much of an eye for women.