I'm leaving Cairo.

Anne.

Didn't you know? Ronny has just been appointed to Paris.

Violet.

Is he going to leave Egypt for good?

[She is taken aback by the news. She clenches her hand on the rail of a chair; Arthur and Anne notice the little, instinctive motion.]

Ronny.

I suppose so.

Violet.

But why was it kept from me? Why have you been making a secret of it?