JUDITH. Why do you want it now?
ALLAN. I want to get away from here—out into the world!
JUDITH. It's too close here? Yes, Allan, I understand you—it's unbearable here—here, where they speculate—in soda and human beings! [Silence.
JUDITH. [With genuine emotion] As you know, Allan, I possess that fortunate nature which cannot suffer—but—now I am learning!
ALLAN. You?
JUDITH. Yes—now it's beginning! [She presses both hands to her breast] Oh, how it hurts—oh!
ALLAN. What is it?
JUDITH. I don't know—I choke—I think I'm going to die!
ALLAN. Judith?
JUDITH. [Crying out] Oh! Is this the way it feels? Is this the way—poor boys!