slip on the couch and rises suddenly.] And sometimes I alone. [Stares at her.] But not quite alone. I told you. You remember?
Bertha
[Shocked.] That place?
Richard
[Walks away from her a few paces and stands still, thinkings holding his chin.] Yes.
Bertha
[Taking up the slip again.] Where is it?
Richard
Do you not know?
Bertha
He told me to take the tram at Lansdowne road and to ask the man to let me down there. Is it . . . is it a bad place?
Richard
O no, cottages. [He returns to the lounge and sits down.] What answer did you give?
Bertha
No answer. He said he would wait.
Richard
Tonight?
Bertha
Every night, he said. Between eight and nine.
Richard
And so I am to go tonight to interview—the professor. About the appointment I am to beg for. [Looking at her.] The interview is arranged for tonight by him—between eight and nine. Curious, isn't it? The same hour.
