Sydney. [Slowly] You mean, I shouldn’t bother to control myself if—
Miss Fairfield. [Hastily] You’re too young to think about such things.
Sydney.—if I weren’t afraid, you mean. Did Mother know—when she married?
Miss Fairfield. I tell you there are troubles in every family, but one doesn’t talk about them.
Sydney. But did she know the trouble was insanity?
Miss Fairfield. [Shortly] I don’t know.
Sydney. Did Father?
Miss Fairfield. One always knows in a general sort of way.
Sydney. [Relentlessly] Am I nervy?
Miss Fairfield. Young people don’t have nerves.