JULIAN
No, I have a certain disinclination for that kind of thing. (Pause)
WEGRAT
Oh, mercy, my dear fellow ... how often have I not been thinking of you recently!
JULIAN
And I....
WEGRAT
No, you haven't had much chance for it.... But I.... As I enter the building where I now hold office and authority, I remember often how we two young chaps used to sit side by side in the model class, full of a thousand plans and hopes.
JULIAN
Why do you say that in such a melancholy tone? A lot of those things have come true, haven't they?