Phillip
(Tenderly.) That deep love I never doubted. But—the ingrained dread, the fear, the shrinking that have undermined your willing strength. How can you——?
Mrs. Lattin
They are gone for ever. Phillip, how often must I tell you? I am healed. I go back with you. We go together. Our life is there, in Egypt.
Phillip
(Almost convinced.) I feel some great new reality in you. You are most wonderfully changed. Some star of life is rising over us—again. (He gazes into her radiant face with a touch of respect and wonder.) If—if——
Mrs. Lattin
You must at once withdraw your resignation. There is no “too late”! (Laughs a little.) You promise me!
[Amazement in him gives place to dawning belief at last. Yet he still hesitates.
Phillip