Ann: You see, they were all attacking you, saying monstrous, wicked, lying things, I couldn’t sit there and listen. I simply told them the truth.
Philip: What did they say?
Ann: They said you were frightened. At least, someone suggested that, and then Mr. Molyneux said no, you were drunk, and that was why you had failed the Government. And Uncle Bill told them you had been with a woman—a woman you had picked up in the streets.
Philip: Well?
Ann: Naturally I denied it. I said that you had been with me.
Philip: And they wouldn’t believe you?
Ann: No. So I told them that you were my lover.
Philip: Were you mad?
Ann: Not in the least. It was the obvious thing to do. I couldn’t sit there and listen to them telling lies about you—I’m not ashamed of having loved you.