'Saved!'
'Yes, saved from this drawing-room; you know that it is a pollution for one like her.'
'I remember,' said Mrs. Lahens, turning suddenly, 'that you said something about putting your house in order. I didn't understand what you meant. Did you mean this house?'
'Yes.'
'But you forget that this is my house. So you intend to rescue Agnes from this drawing-room. You can go, both of you…. I'll have both of you put out of doors!'
'You'll not turn your daughter out of doors!'
'If my drawing-room is not good enough for her, let her go back to the convent. You took her from me years ago; you never thought I was good enough for your daughter.'
'There was Chadwick. I begged of you to break with him for the sake of your daughter. You might have done that. I made sacrifices for her; I endured this house; I accepted your lover.'
'Accepted my lover! You did not expect a woman to be faithful to a man like you…. You didn't think that possible, did you?'
'What was I to do; what can a man do who is dependent on his wife for his support? Besides, there was more than myself to consider, there was Agnes; had I divorced you she would have suffered.'