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[Thinking with triumphant happiness]

You dear, you! as if I didn’t know that! oh, how I’d love to take you in my arms!

[Happily]

I’m awfully glad you’ve come, Ned. We’ve missed you terribly.

[Thinking—more and more at sea]

She looks glad but she’s changed  I don’t understand her  “we’ve missed”  that means Sam  what does that mean?

[Intensely, pressing her hand]

And I’ve missed you—terribly!

[Sardonically]

Yes, indeed. Darrell, I can vouch for their missing you—Sam in particular. He was asking about you only a short while ago—how things were going with you when I saw you in Munich.

[Maliciously]

By the way, who was the lady you were with that day? She was certainly startling looking.

[Thinking—triumphantly mocking]

A miss, Charlie! he loves me! what do I care about that woman?

[Gaily]

Yes, who was the mysterious beauty, Ned? Do tell us!

[She moves away from him and sits down at center. remains standing]