MRS. LUNN. Don't you think you've said enough, Mr. Juno? This is a matter for two women to settle. Won't you take a stroll on the beach with my Gregory while we talk it over. Gregory is a splendid listener.
JUNO. I don't think any good can come of a conversation between Mr. Lunn and myself. We can hardly be expected to improve one another's morals. [He passes behind the chesterfield to Mrs. Lunn's end; seizes a chair; deliberately pushes it between Gregory and Mrs. Lunn; and sits down with folded arms, resolved not to budge].
GREGORY. Oh! Indeed! Oh, all right. If you come to that—[he crosses to Mrs. Juno; plants a chair by her side; and sits down with equal determination].
JUNO. Now we are both equally guilty.
GREGORY. Pardon me. I'm not guilty.
JUNO. In intention. Don't quibble. You were guilty in intention, as I was.
GREGORY. No. I should rather describe myself guilty in fact, but not in intention.
JUNO { rising and } What!
MRS. JUNO { exclaiming } No, really—
MRS. LUNN { simultaneously } Gregory!
GREGORY. Yes: I maintain that I am responsible for my intentions only, and not for reflex actions over which I have no control. [Mrs. Juno sits down, ashamed]. I promised my mother that I would never tell a lie, and that I would never make love to a married woman. I never have told a lie—
MRS. LUNN [remonstrating] Gregory! [She sits down again].