"Shall I, Talfourd?"
"You may say what you choose, only give me leave to doubt if you are so well informed as you yourself imagine. I don't understand myself as well as I should like to."
"I fancy I understand pretty well. The truth is, Miss Wallace, Mrs. Lamb is fonder of Talfourd than he is of her."
"I am quite aware of that."
"I don't think you altogether appreciate my meaning. If there were no Mr. Lamb, Mrs. Lamb would not object to being Mrs. Talfourd--which is why she wants to produce 'The Gordian Knot,' and why Talfourd doesn't want her to."
"Do you mean that she's in love with him? Harry! is this true? You told me that she had never said anything to you she ought not to have done."
"Nor has she. Winton speaks crudely. I don't know what is his authority for his statement, he certainly has had none from me."
"Is it simply because--she feels for you like that--that she wants to produce your play?"
"Honestly, Meg, I don't know what her reasons are. I wish I did."
"Does she know that you're--engaged?"