Evelyn [bewildered]. But I don't understand. You talk as if you had actually done all this before.
Cecil. So I have. Lots of times.
Evelyn. Oh! [Jumps up from the ground and faces him, her eyes flashing with rage.]
Cecil. I say, don't get up. It's not time to go yet. It's only four. Sit down again.
Evelyn [struggling for words]. Do you mean to say you've been in love with girls before? Other girls?
Cecil [apparently genuinely astonished at the question]. Of course I have.
Evelyn. And been engaged to them?
Cecil. Not engaged. I've never been engaged so far. But I've been in love over and over again.
[Evelyn stamps her foot with rage—turning away from him.]
My dear girl, what is the matter? You look quite cross. [Rises.]