_Neither!_
RUTH. Good-by, dear, and all the happiness in the world!
[_Kisses her._
JINNY. Thank you.
[_She turns and goes with the other three girls to the double doors at
back, where they are heard talking._
RUTH. Mr. Austin?
AUSTIN. Yes?
[_Joining her._
RUTH. [_Embarrassed._] You like your new brother, _don't_ you?
AUSTIN. Geof? most certainly I do, and Jinny adores him.
RUTH. I know, then, you'll be a good friend to him if he needs one.
AUSTIN. Surely I will.
RUTH. I think he does need one.
AUSTIN. Really--
[_The GIRLS are passing out through the doors._
BELLE. Come along, Ruth.
[_THEY pass out and JINNY stands in the doorway talking to them till
they are out of hearing._
RUTH. Sh! please don't tell any one, not even Jinny, what I've said! I
may be betraying something I've no right to do, and don't tell _him_
I've spoken to you.
AUSTIN. All right!
[_JINNY turns around in the doorway._
RUTH. Thank you--and good-by.
[_Shaking his hand again._
[_JINNY notices that they shake hands twice. A queer little look comes
into her face.
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