Fanny. Then you would have proposed.

Hindes. And married you without your love?

Fanny. Yes.

Hindes. But then I didn't know that you loved another.

Fanny [brokenly]. The other no longer exists for me.

Hindes [looks again at the floor. Silence].

Fanny. Hindes!

Hindes. Yes?

Fanny. Come nearer to me.

Hindes. I am lame.