[_Rising._] Ha! [_Calmly._] No, my dear Sophy, I wasn't aware that your
_fiancé_ is in the house. So the situation comes home to you a little
more poignantly now, does it?

SOPHY.

[_Rising and going to the passage-door._] Unlock the door! where's the
key?

QUEX.

Wait, wait, wait! And you're going to keep your mouth shut after all,
are you?

SOPHY.

[_Rattling the door-handle._] Yes, yes, Unlock it!

QUEX.

Don't be in such a hurry.

SOPHY.

I give you my sacred word--

QUEX.

[_Thoughtfully._] Tsch, tsch, tsch! [_Sharply, with a snap of the