RIDGEON. I am a doctor: I have nothing to fear. It is not an indictable offense to call in B. B. Perhaps it ought to be; but it isnt.
JENNIFER. I did not mean that. I meant afraid of my taking the law into my own hands, and killing you.
RIDGEON. I am so hopelessly idiotic about you that I should not mind it a bit. You would always remember me if you did that.
JENNIFER. I shall remember you always as a little man who tried to kill a great one.
RIDGEON. Pardon me. I succeeded.
JENNIFER [with quiet conviction] No. Doctors think they hold the keys of life and death; but it is not their will that is fulfilled. I dont believe you made any difference at all.
RIDGEON. Perhaps not. But I intended to.
JENNIFER [looking at him amazedly: not without pity] And you tried to destroy that wonderful and beautiful life merely because you grudged him a woman whom you could never have expected to care for you!
RIDGEON. Who kissed my hands. Who believed in me. Who told me her friendship lasted until death.
JENNIFER. And whom you were betraying.