Margaret
He had two witnesses in an adjoining room.
Knox
(Relieved.) All the better. They can testify to nothing more than the truth, and the truth is not serious. In our case it is good, for we renounced each other.
Margaret
You don't know these men. It is easy to guess that they have been well trained. They would swear to anything.
(She laughs bitterly.) They are my father's men, you know, his paid sleuth-hounds.
Knox
(Collapsing in chair, holding head in hands, and groaning.) How you must have suffered. What a terrible time, what a terrible time! I can see it all—before everybody—your nearest and dearest. Ah, I could not understand, after our parting last night, why you should have sent for me today. But now I know.
Margaret