_] See, I'm not jealous
a bit! Read your old letter!
[_AUSTIN opens the note and reads it. As he does so JINNY has passed
on to the desk and sees AUSTIN'S unfinished letter to RUTH, which
after a little hesitation she picks up and reads. AUSTIN, having read
RUTH'S note, looks up thoughtfully a second, and then re-reads it.
JINNY is furious over what she reads. As she finishes she gives a
little cry from the very depths of her heart._
JINNY. Oh, _Jack_!
AUSTIN. What is it?
JINNY. Nothing!
[_She sinks by the desk, crushing the letter in her hand. She looks
over at him, and then down at the letter, and then back at him._
AUSTIN. Maggie!
JINNY. [_Rising suddenly. She speaks with a voice trembling with only
half-contained emotion and passion._] I told her to wait in the hall;
may I read it?
[_Holding out her hand for the letter._
AUSTIN. Now look here, Jinny,--I always let you read everything, don't
I?
JINNY. [_Hiding his letter behind her back._] Yes. [_Holding out her
other hand._] Give it to me!
AUSTIN. Now begin to show that you really are going to turn over a new
leaf, and that your love is going to have perfect confidence, and don't
ask to see this letter.
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