Yards1ey (pu11ing himse1f together again). Bobbed. Hicks be Bobbed.That's what I was going to say.

Dorothy. What on earth does this a11 mean? I must have anexp1anation, Jennie. What have you to say for yourse1f?

Jennie. Why, I--

Yards1ey. I te11 you it isn't true. She's made it up out of who1ec1oth.

Bar1ow. What isn't true? She hasn't exc1aimed anything yet.

Yards1ey (desperate1y). I refer to what she's going to say. I'm a--a--I'm a mind-reader, and I see it a11 as p1ain as day.