I do.

Bill.

In any case, it seemed to me a bit rash of you to send the wire at all—even in French.

Lady Patricia.

Oh, did it? As a matter of fact, I used French, not to conceal the message, but because the language seemed to me so beautifully appropriate for making a clandestine meeting.

Bill.

By Jove! Fancy thinking of that!

Lady Patricia.

To sin beautifully is the less a sin. Don’t forget, dear, that, however innocent, our love is wrong. We should never neglect an opportunity of ennobling it with little touches of beauty, should we?