Your ignorance of theatrical conditions is appalling. The Sand Bar had to have a happy ending. If I hadn’t made you both charming the public wouldn’t have believed in your ultimate happiness together.
Tom
(Bringing his hand down on the table)
Now we’re getting at it. Why the devil did you bring us together?
Grant
(Trying to explain elementally)
Because I’d turned you into the hero and you into the heroine. They must always come together for the final curtain.
Marie
But I wasn’t a heroine.
Tom