Anna
Ignorant at twenty-five in an age when girls are so precocious!
Really, you cannot be so blind.
Matthews I forbid you to say a word of this to her. You'll make her have ideas she doesn't have.
Anna
Oh, I wager she has an imagination more vivid than mine.
Matthews
I am going to plan this evening's party.
(Exit Matthews.)
Anna Useless for him to dissemble; my speech exposed him, but I dare not yet hope—
(Enter Elizabeth.)
Elizabeth
Has my father gone? What did you tell him?
Anna
We spoke about your illness. We both rejoiced over your improvement.
Elizabeth
That was all?