Talk about conceit! Well, you needn't be afraid! I'll never ask you to marry me.
Helen
[turns and looks at him a moment]
You can't imagine what a weight this takes off my mind.
[She looks away and sighs.
Ernest
[enthusiastically]
Yes! I feel as if a veil between us had been lifted.
[He looks away and sighs too. Some one begins "Tristan and Isolde" on the piano within. The moon is up.
Helen