[_In a strange voice, but calmly._] How do you do?
HUGH.
How do you do?
PAULA.
[_To_ ELLEAN.] Mr. Ardale and I have met in London, Ellean.
Er--Captain Ardale, now?
HUGH.
Yes.
ELLEAN.
In London?
PAULA.
They say the world"s very small, don"t they?
HUGH.
Yes.
PAULA.
Ellean, dear, I want to have a little talk about you to Mr.
Ardale--Captain Ardale--alone. [_Putting her arms round_ ELLEAN, _and leading her to the door._] Come back in a little while. [ELLEAN _nods to_ PAULA _with a smile and goes out, while_ PAULA _stands watching her at the open door._] In a little while--in a little---- [_Closing the door and then taking a seat facing_ HUGH.]
Be quick! Mr. Tanqueray has only gone down to The Warren with Mrs.
Cortelyon. What is to be done?
HUGH.
[_Blankly._] Done?
PAULA.
Done--done. Something must be done.
HUGH.
I understood that Mr. Tanqueray had married a Mrs.--Mrs.----
PAULA.
Jarman?
HUGH.
Yes.
PAULA.
I"d been going by that name. You didn"t follow my doings after we separated.
HUGH.
No.
PAULA.
[_Sneeringly._] No.
HUGH.
I went out to India.
PAULA.
What"s to be done?
HUGH.
d.a.m.n this chance!
PAULA.
Oh, my G.o.d!
HUGH.
Your husband doesn"t know, does he?
PAULA.
That you and I----?
HUGH.
Yes.
PAULA.
No. He knows about others.
HUGH.