CURTIS—[Excitedly.] Yes. I couldn't conceive going without you. And I knew how you must be wishing—
MARTHA—[In pain.] Oh!
CURTIS—[Distractedly—jumping to his feet and staring at her bewilderedly.] Martha! You don't mean to tell me you weren't!
MARTHA—[In a crushed voice.] I was wishing you would finally decide not to go—to stay at home.
CURTIS—[Betraying exasperation.] But you must realize that's impossible. Martha, are you sure you've clearly understood what I've told you? You can go with me, do you hear? Everything is arranged. And I've had to fight so hard—I was running the risk of losing my own chance by my insistence that I couldn't go without you.
MARTHA—[Weakly and helplessly.] I understand all that, Curt.
CURTIS—[Indignantly.] And yet—you hesitate! Why, this is the greatest thing of its kind ever attempted! There are unprecedented possibilities! A whole new world of knowledge may be opened up—the very origin of Man himself! And you will be the only woman—
MARTHA—I realize all that, Curt.
CURTIS—You can't—and hesitate! And then—think, Martha!—it will mean that you and I won't have to be separated. We can go on living the old, free life together.
MARTHA—[Growing calm now.] You are forgetting—what I told you, Curt. You must face the fact. I cannot go.