_(Freda enters from left and sees Capt. Eppingwell bending over woodbox. She crosses over to him in an angry, determined way.)_ FREDA _(Very severely.)_ Still here! When I asked you to hurry! _(Capt. Eppingwell straightens up abruptly.)_ Shame on you, Charley. Now go, as fast as you can. CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Imitating Sitka Charley.)_ What for go? You buy dogs? I sell dogs, good dogs. FREDA _(With petulant dismay.)_ Oh! You again! CAPT. EPPINGWELL Me Sitka Charley. FREDA You are the man in the domino. I might have known you were not Sitka Charley. You are taller. CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Natural voice.)_ And in the domino you mistook me because of my height. _(Freda starts.)_ Oh, I know. The man you seek is about my height, eh? FREDA Who are you? CAPT. EPPINGWELL Who are you? FREDA You don't know me. I am a new arrival in Dawson. I came in over the ice. CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(With sudden conviction.)_ Now I have you! I met you to-day. FREDA _(Shaking head.)_ No, you didn't. CAPT. EPPINGWELL Yes, I did. You are the Lisznayi--I beg pardon--Miss--er--Miss Lisznayi. FREDA _(Simulating surrender.)_ It's a shame to be found out so quickly. Mister--? Mister--? CAPT. EPPINGWELL Mr. Sitka Charley. FREDA Well, then, Mr. Sitka Charley, I am displeased with you. You are too cunning. I am really vexed, and for punishment I am going to leave you. _(She curtsies deeply, and walks away toward left.)_ CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(To himself, as he watches her.)_ That voice. That walk! That carriage! _(Scratches head, then suddenly.)_ Fooled! Fooled! That's not the Lisznayi! _(He springs after her.)_ _(A voice, off stage, is heard calling, "Take partners for a quadrille!")_ I beg pardon, but this dance is ours. FREDA _(Drawing watch and looking at it.)_ Yes, it is, but really, I must beg off. I--I don't like quadrilles. _(Looks at dance-card.)_ There's a waltz two dances down. I'll give you that. _(A man, in costume, appears in doorway to left, and shouts: "One more couple needed! Here, you! One more couple!")_ CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Offering his arm.)_ There! We're needed. _(Man in doorway, who has turned around and surveyed ballroom, turns back and calls: "Too late! Sets are full!" Opening bars of dance are heard.)_ CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Seizing Freda in his arms and starting to waltz.)_ We'll make a waltz of it here. _(They waltz a jew steps, Freda abandoning herself to it, when she suddenly stops and withdraws herselj from his arms.)_ FREDA Please let me go. You may have that waltz later. _(She looks at watch and betrays her need for haste.)_ CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Very deliberately.)_ There is something familiar about you. I have seen you before. I have danced with you before. And--well, I have never danced with the Lisznayi. FREDA No, you don't know me. CAPT. EPPINGWELL Let me tell you the occasion. FREDA _(Very restless and desiring to go.)_ There has been no occasion. CAPT. EPPINGWELL _(Firmly.)_