ELIZABETH. I'm afraid. TEDDIE. [_In a whisper._] Elizabeth. ELIZABETH. I can't face it. It's asking too much of me. Let's say good-bye to one another, Teddie. It's the only thing to do. And have pity on me. I'm giving up all my hope of happiness. [_He goes up to her and looks into her eyes._ TEDDIE. But I wasn't offering you happiness. I don't think my sort of love tends to happiness. I'm jealous. I'm not a very easy man to get on with. I'm often out of temper and irritable. I should be fed to the teeth with you sometimes, and so would you be with me. I daresay we'd fight like cat and dog, and sometimes we'd hate each other. Often you'd be wretched and bored stiff and lonely, and often you'd be frightfully homesick, and then you'd regret all you'd lost. Stupid women would be rude to you because we'd run away together. And some of them would cut you. I don't offer you peace and quietness. I offer you unrest and anxiety. I don't offer you happiness. I offer you love. ELIZABETH. [_Stretching out her arms._] You hateful creature, I absolutely adore you! [_He throws his arms round her and kisses her passionately on the lips._ LADY KITTY. Of course the moment he said he'd give her a black eye I knew it was finished. PORTEOUS. [_Good-humouredly._] You are a fool, Kitty. LADY KITTY. I know I am, but I can't help it. TEDDIE. Let's make a bolt for it now. ELIZABETH. Shall we? TEDDIE. This minute. PORTEOUS. You're damned fools, both of you, damned fools! If you like you can have my car. TEDDIE. That's awfully kind of you. As a matter of fact I got it out of the garage. It's just along the drive. PORTEOUS. [_Indignantly._] How do you mean, you got it out of the garage? TEDDIE. Well, I thought there'd be a lot of bother, and it seemed to me the best thing would be for Elizabeth and me not to stand upon the order of our going, you know. Do it now. An excellent motto for a business man. PORTEOUS. Do you mean to say you were going to steal my car? TEDDIE. Not exactly. I was only going to bolshevise it, so to speak. PORTEOUS. I'm speechless. I'm absolutely speechless. TEDDIE. Hang it all, I couldn't carry Elizabeth all the way to London. She's so damned plump. ELIZABETH. You dirty dog! PORTEOUS. [_Spluttering._] Well, well, well! . . . [_Helplessly._] I like him, Kitty, it's no good pretending I don't. I like him. TEDDIE. The moon's shining, Elizabeth. We'll drive all through the night. PORTEOUS. They'd better go to San Michele. I'll wire to have it got ready for them. LADY KITTY. That's where we went when Hughie and I . . . [_Faltering._] Oh, you dear things, how I envy you! PORTEOUS. [_Mopping his eyes._] Now don't cry, Kitty. Confound you, don't cry. TEDDIE. Come, darling. ELIZABETH. But I can't go like this. TEDDIE. Nonsense! Lady Kitty will lend you her cloak. Won't you? LADY KITTY. [_Taking it off._] You're capable of tearing it off my back if I don't.