IRENE
Well, if you say it yourself. And the main thing is this: we had a child. I had a child. (Pause)
JULIAN (walking back and forth)
What's the use, Irene? Why do you begin to talk of all those forgotten things again...?
IRENE
Forgotten?
JULIAN
... Things gone by.
IRENE
Yes, they are bygone, of course. But out there in the country you have plenty of time. All sorts of things keep passing through your head. And especially when you see other people's children—Lora has two boys, you know—then you get all sorts of notions. It almost amounted to a vision not long ago.