Grace.
D’you know why Claude was so determined she should go? Because he couldn’t bear that I should come in contact with a woman who’d done wrong.
Miss Vernon.
[Looking down.] I had an idea that was at the back of his mind.
Grace.
[With sudden suspicion.] Why should you know what Claude feels better than I do?
Miss Vernon.
[Fearing she has given herself away.] It was a mere guess on my part.
Grace.
[With a keen look at her.] When I asked you the other day whether you’d been very much in love with Claude, you wouldn’t answer.