If I were my own mistress I could laugh and let you do as you choose. But I'm not. I'm bound to you hand and foot. It's torture to me. And the worst of it is I love my bonds. I can't wish to be without them. I'm at your mercy, Ronny. I love you.
Ronny.
Oh, but that's enough for me. I swear to you I don't want you to do anything that you'll ever regret.
Violet.
If it could only be taken out of our hands. If something would only happen.
Ronny.
What can happen?
Violet.
Perhaps the Khedive will change his mind. Perhaps the Foreign Office will say you must go to Paris.
Ronny.