GEORGE (kindly). Aha, my dear! You see!
OLIVIA. Then you do think it's enough?
GEORGE. I--er--Yes, yes, I--I think so.
OLIVIA (going to him). My darling one! Then we can have a double
wedding. How jolly!
GEORGE (astounded). A double one!
OLIVIA. Yes. You and me, Brian and Dinah.
GEORGE (firmly). Now look here, Olivia, understand once and for all, I
am not to be blackmailed into giving my consent to Dinah's engagement.
Neither blackmailed nor tricked. Our marriage has nothing whatever to
do with Dinah's.
OLIVIA. No, dear. I quite understand. They may take place about the
same time, but they have nothing to do with each other.
GEORGE. I see no prospect of Dinah's marriage taking place for many
years.
OLIVIA. No, dear, that was what I said.
GEORGE (not understanding for the moment). You said. . . . ? I see. Now,
Olivia, let us have this perfectly clear. You apparently insist on
treating my--er--proposal as serious.
OLIVIA (surprised). Wasn't it serious? Were you trifling with me?
GEORGE. You know quite well what I mean. You treat it as an ordinary
proposal from a man to a woman who have never been more than
acquaintances before. Very well then. Will you tell me what you
propose to do, if you decide to--ah--refuse me? You do not suggest
that we should go on living together--unmarried?
OLIVIA (shocked).
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