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Page 89
[_Simply._] Eh?
QUEX.
Er--I was wondering what she can have put in that little box.
SOPHY.
Yes, _I_ wonder. [_Pulling at the lid._] It's locked.
QUEX.
I fancy it has one of those Bramah locks which snap. I may have a key--
[_He produces his key-ring and, promptly selecting a key, unlocks the
box._] Fortunate coincidence.
[_She opens the box and takes out the first thing that presents
itself--the blue silk garter with the diamond buckle._
SOPHY.
[_Scandalised._] Oh, my gracious! I _beg_ your pardon.
[_She leaves him hurriedly and hides the box in the cabinet._
QUEX.
[_Quietly to_ FRAYNE.] Chick, she has passed the souvenirs on to Miss
Fullgarney!
FRAYNE.
[_Bitterly._] How like a woman!
QUEX.
Some women.
FRAYNE.
[_In disgust._] Pah!
QUEX.
Yesterday she was alluring.
FRAYNE.
[_Waving the past from him._] Yesterday--[_with a slight hiccup_] hic!
[_Turning away apologetically._] The heat in this room--
[_He walks away, as_ SOPHY _returns to_ QUEX.
QUEX.
[_To_ SOPHY.] Well, I must not detain you longer, Miss Fullgarney. But
there is, of course, one point upon which I should like to feel
completely assured. You have seen Miss Eden--?
SOPHY.
No; not since last evening.
QUEX.
[_Anxiously._] When do you--?
SOPHY.
[_Looking away._] I'm rather expecting her to pop in here during the
day.
QUEX.
Quite so. And--and then--?
SOPHY.
[_Facing him candidly._] Your lordship told me last night that your
little visit to the Duchess was a perfectly innocent one?
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