LADY TORMINSTER. I have loved you, and I love you, for the fine, upright, loyal creature that you are. I love you for loving Jack; and it is Jack's great quality in my eyes that he has been able to inspire such love. And, my dear friend, let us not be ashamed, we two, but only very proud, and very happy. We shall go our ways, and do our duty; but we shall never forget this talk we have had to-night.
SIR GEOFFREY. [Gently.] I am beginning to understand….
LADY TORMINSTER. You will be less lonely in future … and I no longer afraid of the stars…. Brave heart—oh, brave little heart that I for a moment have held in my hands!
SIR GEOFFREY. [With a passionate movement towards her.] Gertrude!
LADY TORMINSTER. [Lifting a finger.] No—stay where you are…. Those are the first rays of dawn—I must go…. Good-bye. We have no need to shake hands, you and I…. Ah, Geoffrey—good-bye!
[She goes swiftly, and closes the door. He bends his head, and remains standing, motionless, by the table.