HE. I jumped in without thinking. It was the natural thing to do: I heard you scream for help. But the moment the water came to my waist I knew that if it went any deeper I should have to call for help also.
SHE. Well?
HE. I was spared that humiliation: the pond isn't over three feet deep in any place. And I waded the whole twenty feet from one end to the other. . . . And I can't swim.
SHE. But I was drowning! Drowning!
HE. (Politely) Are you in the habit of drowning often?
SHE. (Rising indignantly) Lord Brookfield!
HE. I nearly forgot to mention——
SHE. What?
HE. That I saw you jump in.
SHE. Oh!