RUTH. [Looking at him] Yes.
FROME. What was the nature of your relations with him?
RUTH. We were friends.
THE JUDGE. Friends?
RUTH. [Simply] Lovers, sir.
THE JUDGE. [Sharply] In what sense do you use that word?
RUTH. We love each other.
THE JUDGE. Yes, but——
RUTH. [Shaking her head] No, your lordship—not yet.
THE JUDGE. 'Not yet! H'm! [He looks from RUTH to FALDER] Well!