The Equinox (Volume I, Number III)

THE EQUINOX tHomas. Mr. Delomm would like to see you for a moment on urgent business. [The lovers exchange signals privately. EUPHEMIA. Show him up. THOMAS. Yes, miss. [rHoMAS goes out. carr. I will goand geta snack. Trust me—love me—— EUPHEMIA. I will—I do. [They embrace. CARR goes to the door—turns. CARR. Love me—trust me. {EUPHEMIA files to him, kisses him again, nods. EUPHEMIA. I will—I do—I love you—I trust you. caRR. Sweetheart! [They kiss, furtively, as if hearing Sootsteps.| So.long! [She retreats into the room, and blows him a kiss. CARR [outside, loudly). Good morning, Miss Ossory! EUPHEMIA [sinking into a chair, faintly|. Good-bye— no, no! Till—when? [She is almost crying, but sets her teeth and rises. THOMAS [opening the door|. Mr. Delomm. [Enter DELHOMME. DELHOMME. I am a thousand times sorry to intrude upon your grief, Miss Ossory, but EUPHEMIA. Uncle Henry was nothing to me. DELHOMME. In any case, I should not have spoken to you, but my Embassy has suddenly called me. I am to go to Constantinople—I may be a month away—and—I want to see you first. EUPHEMIA. Of course, to say good-bye. It is sweet of you to think of us, Monsieur Delhomme. 224