Jean (drawing nearer). It must have been terribly hard——
(Stonor turns towards her.)
for you both—
(He arrests his movement and stands stonily.)
that a man like you shouldn't have had the freedom that even the lowest seem to have.
Stonor. Freedom?
Jean. To marry the woman they choose.
Stonor. She didn't break off our relations because I couldn't marry her.
Jean. Why was it, then?