(_There is another silence_. GEORGE _is wondering whether to come to
closer quarters with the great question_.)
OLIVIA. Oh, by the way, George--
GEORGE. Yes?
OLIVIA (_innocently_). I told Brian, and of course he'll tell Dinah, that
Mr. Pim had made a mistake about the name.
GEORGE (_astonished, moving towards_ OLIVIA). Mistake about the name?
OLIVIA. Yes--I told Brian that the whole thing was a mistake, I thought
that was the simplest way.
GEORGE. Olivia--(_crossing below and to her_ L.)--then you mean that
Brian and Dinah think that--that we have been married all the time?
OLIVIA. Yes.
GEORGE (_coming closer to her_). Olivia, does that mean that you are
thinking of marrying me?
OLIVIA. At your old registry office?
GEORGE (_eagerly_). Yes!
OLIVIA. To-morrow?
GEORGE. Yes.
OLIVIA. Do you want me to very much?
GEORGE. My darling, you know I do.
OLIVIA. We should have to keep it very quiet, George.
GEORGE. Well, of course--(_sitting to her_ L.)--nobody need know. We
don't want anybody to know. And now that you've put Brian and Dinah off
the scent, by telling them that--(_he breaks off and says admiringly_)--
that was very clever of you, Olivia. I should never have thought of that.
OLIVIA (_innocently_). George--you don't think it was _wrong_, do you?
GEORGE (_his verdict, taking her hands and patting them_). An innocent
deception... perfectly harmless.
OLIVIA.
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