BETTY. You--proposed--to-day! And waited till she had accepted you--to
tell _me_--
WALTER. [_Eagerly._] Don't be so silly--come, come, he'll be back in a
minute.... And, believe me, I'm not worth making a fuss about!
BETTY. [_Looking contemptuously at him._] That's true.
WALTER. Yes, it is, worse luck! I deserve all you've said to me. And
you'll be ... much better ... without me.
BETTY. Better?
WALTER. Yes, better, better--any way you choose to put it! I'm a--but
never mind that!--Look here--you'd like me to stop?
BETTY. He wants to play bridge.