His ancestors have fought with glory on every field of battle from Crecy and Agincourt to the Crimea.
PIKE
But you won't see much of his ancestors.
ETHEL
He bears their name.
PIKE
[with authority and dignity]
Yes—and it's the name you want. Nobody could look at you and not know it wasn't him. It's the name! And I'd let you buy it if it would make you happy—if you didn't have to take the people with it.
[A deepening of color in the light shows that it has grown to be late afternoon, near sunset.]
ETHEL