Eileen
A change of method.
But that isn’t the main thing. I love you, Freddy. You made me love you. I didn’t at first, but you made me. And now you want to leave me.
Fred
But you don’t want me to marry you, if I feel that way.
Eileen
What would you think of a man that made a girl love him, when she was already engaged, and then threw her over? Do you think that would be quite—honorable?
Fred
With sudden inspiration.
Honorable! That’s just what I got to be! That’s why I can’t marry you!
Eileen
What do you mean?
Fred
I mean I got to marry another girl, to save her from—from worse than death.
Eileen
That little kid?
A gesture.
Fred
Yes!
Eileen
You mean you’ve got her in trouble?