NICHOLAS. I mean, where do I come in? As a man of honour, oughtn’t I to—er—— You see what I mean? Of course I want to do the right thing.
LATIMER. Naturally, my dear Nicholas. It’s what one expected of you.
NICHOLAS. I thought that if I slipped away now, unostentatiously....
LATIMER. With just a parting word of farewell——
NICHOLAS. Well, that was what I was wondering. Would anything in the nature of a farewell be in good taste?
LATIMER. I see your point.
NICHOLAS. Don’t think that I’m not just as devoted to Eustasia as ever I was.
LATIMER. But you feel that in the circumstances you could worship her from afar with more propriety.
NICHOLAS (waving a hand at the screen). Yes. You see, I had no idea that they were so devoted.
[152]LATIMER. But their devotion may not last for ever.