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THE PRIME MINISTER
Margaret.
[Faintly.] No.
Sir Robert.
You have seen them to-night?
Margaret.
[More faintly.] Yes.
Sir Robert.
You have just left them?
Margaret.
[Still more faintly.] Yes.
Sir Robert.
Then you admit that you have broken faith with
me? [The girl does not answer.] Answer—you
admit that you have broken faith with me?
Margaret.
[Almost inaudibly.] Yes.
Sir Robert.
[After an effort to control his anger.] During the
two months in which you have been living under
my roof have I ever been unkind to you?
Margaret.
Indeed, no, sir.
Sir Robert.
Nor any of my household?
Margaret.
No.
