JACK. That is true, Miss Hegan.

LAURA. Mr. Bullen, you will understand what it means to me to hear
that statement made. I hear it made continually, and I ask if it is
true, and I am told that it is a slander. How am I to know? [A pause.]
Would you be able to tell me that you know it of your own personal
knowledge?

JACK. [Weighing the words.] No; I could not say that.

LAURA. Would you say that you could prove it to a jury?

JACK. I would say, that if I had to prove it, I could get the
evidence.

LAURA. What would you say, Mr. Montague?

MONTAGUE. I would rather not say, Miss Hegan.

LAURA. Please! Please! I want you to answer me.

MONTAGUE. [After a pause.] I would say that I shall be able to prove
it very shortly.

LAURA. How do you mean?

MONTAGUE. I have been giving most of my time to a study of just that
question, and I think that I shall have the evidence.

LAURA. I see.