That would be ungracious on my part. Perhaps it wasn't quite necessary that we should meet again.
Lucy.
You've been acting all the time I've been here. D'you think I didn't see it was unreal when you talked with such cynical indifference. I know you well enough to tell when you're hiding your real self behind a mask.
Alec.
If I'm doing that, the inference is obvious that I wish my real self to be hidden.
Lucy.
I would rather you cursed me than treat me with such cold politeness.
Alec.
I'm afraid you're rather difficult to please.
[Lucy goes up to him passionately, but he draws
back so that she may not touch him.