Taylor.

No, I was thinking you wouldn’t have asked me like that if you hadn’t—despised me.

[Norah, a little taken aback, gives him a quick look, but she tries to pass it off lightly.]

Norah.

I don’t know what makes you think that.

Taylor.

Well, I don’t know how you could have put it more plainly that my name was mud.

Norah.

Why didn’t you refuse, then?

Taylor.