In this short scene, Rinehart explains that he is the only person who has "thumped" her. He tells her that she has been his "friend since childhood" and that they have been "tried to kill" each other. He says that he did not put poison in the teapot and that some tried to kill him, but that he was not the one who put it in the pot. He is still in love with her and will not give up.