Mr. Quirke: Do, is it? (Grasps his hand.) Any earthly thing you would wish me to do, I will do it.
Hyacinth: I suppose you will tell——
Mr. Quirke: Tell! It’s I that will tell when all is quiet. It is I will give you the good name through the town!
Hyacinth: I don’t well understand.
Mr. Quirke: (Embracing him.) The man that preserved me!
Hyacinth: That preserved you?
Mr. Quirke: That kept me from ruin!
Hyacinth: From ruin?
Mr. Quirke: That saved me from disgrace!
Hyacinth: (To Mrs. Delane.) What is he saying at all?