"Are you sure you didn't know? I was afraid you did."
"Then you really mean it—that if I'd only asked you then——"
"Thank Heaven, you did not!"
"Why are you thanking Heaven?"
"Because—because—I can't be sure, but I might—I might have taken you at your word."
"And why not?"
"I would have made a great mistake. The same mistake that you are making now."
"Mistake?"
"You mistook the idea for the reality once, if you remember—and now aren't you mistaking the reality for the idea?"
"Frida, you are too subtle; you are the most exasperating woman in the world——"