Theophila, I—I am sorry to distress you—if it does distress you, but I—I’ve quite made up my mind. [_Passionately._] We are going abroad. THEOPHILA. I’ll not stir! FRASER. Would you let me go alone? THEOPHILA. [_Recoiling._] Oh——! FRASER. [_Following her._] You see, you will have to come with me. THEOPHILA. You’d be a brute to do it, Alec! [_Stamping her foot._] Don’t you hear me? Can’t you understand me? You’re not a fool! I tell you we’ve got to try to convince people—— FRASER. People! People shall not see me play-acting—— THEOPHILA. Play-acting——! FRASER. Yes, before I go among people, to try to convince _them_, I have to try to convince _myself_. THEOPHILA. What! FRASER. [_Sitting._] People! people! [_There is silence; she slowly retreats from him._ THEOPHILA. You—you think there’s some—some truth in it then? [_He makes no answer._] It’s true, you believe? FRASER. I want time—I want time—— THEOPHILA. Time? FRASER. To shake it off. THEOPHILA. To shake it off? FRASER. It was awful in Court. THEOPHILA. [_Partly to herself._] Awful. FRASER. As you say, her counsel twisted and turned everything about so. When he cross-examined you to-day, and made you say ... and then the judge ... the benefit of the doubt ... awful.... THEOPHILA. [_Under her breath._] I see. FRASER. [_Rising._] Yes—that we must go away and be, quietly, together. For the present, there’s something even more important than regaining the good opinion of others—there is _ourselves_. Will you come back to Lennox Gardens now, or shall I return for you by-and-bye? THEOPHILA. [_Mechanically._] By-and-bye. FRASER. [_Going to the door._] Nine o’clock? or ten? THEOPHILA. Nine or ten. FRASER. Which? THEOPHILA.