ISOBEL. I hope it was happy.
ROYCE. No. We separated.
ISOBEL. I am sorry.
ROYCE. Was it likely it would be?
ISOBEL (surprised). Was that all the chance of happiness you gave her?
ROYCE. You think I oughtn’t to have married?
ISOBEL. Oh, my dear, who am I to order people’s lives?
ROYCE. You ordered mine.
ISOBEL (ignoring this). But you have been happy? Marriage isn’t everything. You have been happy in your work, in your books, in your friends?
ROYCE (after thinking). Yes, Isobel, on the whole, yes.