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AUSTIN. Good-by.
RUTH. Have they gone?--Oh! [_Hurrying past_ JINNY.] Good-by, dear.
[_She goes out through the double doors._
JINNY. [_In a curious little voice._] Good-by....
[_She comes slowly down the room toward AUSTIN, and smiles at him
quizzically._] What were you two saying?
AUSTIN. Good-by!
JINNY. But you'd said it once to her already! Why did you have to say
good-by _twice_ to _Ruth_? Once was enough for all the other girls!
AUSTIN. [_Banteringly._] The first time _I_ said good-by to _her_, and
the second time _she_ said good-by to _me_!
JINNY. Do you know what I believe--_Ruth Chester's in love with you_!
AUSTIN. Oh, darling!
[_Laughs._
JINNY. Yes, that explains the whole thing. No wonder she was _triste_
to-day.
AUSTIN. [_Laughing._] Jinny, sweetheart, don't get such an absurd notion
into your head.
JINNY. [_Looks straight at him a moment, then speaks tenderly._]
No--no--I know it's not your fault. There was no other woman in this
house for you to-day but _me_, _was_ there?
AUSTIN. There was no other woman in the world for me since the first
week I knew you.
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