I'm sure I don't want to be.
BOBBY (coming closer). Are you?
JANE. Am I what?
BOBBY. Quite sure.
JANE. I should have thought it was pretty obvious seeing that I've
just refused you.
BOBBY. Have you?
JANE. Have I what?
BOBBY. Refused me.
JANE. I thought I had.
BOBBY. And would you be glad if I went away and never saw you again?
(She hesitates) Honest, Jane. Would you?
JANE (awkwardly). Well, of course, I _like_ you, Bobby. I always have.
BOBBY. But you feel that you would like me better if I were somebody
else's husband?
JANE (indignantly). Oh, I _never_ said that.
BOBBY. Dash it, you've been saying it all this afternoon.
JANE (weakly). Bobby, don't; I can't argue with you. But really, dear,
I can't say now that I will marry you. Oh, you _must_ understand. Oh,
_think_ what Sandy----
BOBBY. We won't tell Sandy.
JANE (surprised). But she's bound to know.
BOBBY. We won't tell anybody.
JANE (eagerly). Bobby!
BOBBY (nodding). Just you and me. Nobody else for a long time. A
little private secret.
JANE. Bobby!
BOBBY (coming to her). Is it a bargain, Jane? Because if it's a
bargain----
JANE (going away from him). No, no, Bobby. Not now. I must go upstairs
and tidy myself--no, I mustn't, I must wait for Melisande--no, Bobby,
don't.
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