THE GIRL. God knows what 'e'll say, Jim.
THE MAN. Let 'im. 'E's come too late, that's all.
THE GIRL. He couldn't come before. I'm frightened. 'E was fond o' me.
THE MAN. And aren't I fond of you? My Gawd!
THE GIRL. I ought to 'a' waited, Jim; with 'im in the fightin'.
THE MAN (passionately). And what about me? Aren't I been in the fightin'—earned all I could get?
THE GIRL (touching him). Ah!
THE MAN. Did you—
(He cannot speak the words.)
THE GIRL. Not like you, Jim—not like you.