near the
Grotter Terratter. Very fine specimen both as marble and man. This
statyer is calculated to make Sandow et cetery look like thirty cents.
Height seven feet, weight--

A MAN TOURIST. How much?

A GIRL TOURIST. Was he married?

[_Titters from the group._

GUIDE. Give it up! Should judge he was. The god once held a bow in his
left hand and probably a laurel wreath in his right.

ANOTHER WOMAN TOURIST. A what?

GUIDE. A laurel wreath. You want to take a good look at this, as it is a
very fine piece. Now come along, please--make haste; we must finish up
this place before feeding!

[_He leads the way out Right, and the TOURISTS follow, shuffling
along, without speaking, MRS. LOPP and CARRIE lagging in the rear._

[_AUSTIN enters Left, followed by RUTH._

AUSTIN. This is where I left her with Apollo! [_Calls._] Jinny! She
seems to have gone!

[_He looks behind the statue and out door, Right._

RUTH. Probably the Cullinghams, who were headed in this direction, found
her, and they've all gone back for us; you see I walked all around the
court first without going into the rooms, so I missed them, but found
you.

AUSTIN. What shall we do? Sit down here and wait for them to come back,
or shall I go in search?

RUTH. Oh, no, you might miss them, and then we'd all be lost! If you
left Jinny here, she's sure to come back to meet you.

[_She sits on the bench and AUSTIN stands behind her._

AUSTIN. I'm sorry to learn you've been ill.

RUTH. Oh! it's nothing.

AUSTIN. Ah, I'm afraid it's a good deal. Will you forgive me if I say I
think I know what it is!

[_She looks up startled._

[_After a moment._

You haven't forgotten the day of Jinny's and my wedding, when you told
me Geoffrey Tillman needed a friend?

RUTH. I hoped _you'd_ forgotten; I oughtn't to have told you; I
_oughtn't_ to have!

AUSTIN. Why not? I had a talk with Geoffrey, then, and he told me
everything.

RUTH. He did! You are sure?

AUSTIN. Sure.

[_He sits beside her._

RUTH. That he and I--

AUSTIN. Love each other.

RUTH. Oh, but that isn't all.

AUSTIN. I know the rest!

RUTH. He told you--about--about--

AUSTIN. The marriage?--Yes?

RUTH. Oh, I'm so glad, so glad! Now I can speak of it to some one, and
some one who can advise me, and will help us.

AUSTIN. I have already advised him, but he doesn't seem to be taking my
advice; it has worried me.

RUTH. When I left he was awfully depressed.