Philip: So long as you change the subject.
Ann: Don’t tease me, sweet.
Philip: I’m not teasing you.
Ann (stroking his forehead): I don’t want you to be tired or worried.... I don’t want you to have a conscience.
Philip: Not any conscience at all?
Ann: A preventive conscience but not a retrospective one.
Philip: I think it is better to worry after than before ... a sin followed by a regret is better than a blank preceded by a doubt.
Ann: It might be such a small sin and such a big regret.
Philip: Why do you look so happy?
Ann: I am so happy.