Mor. Did you have any ill feeling against your wife?
Reg. None!
Ralph. Colonel, I can prove that there has existed bad feeling between them since their marriage!
Mor. Make your statement!
Ralph. They lived unhappily together until an open rupture caused him to leave her and enlist in the army.
Mor. Your proof! [Ralph points to Henry.] Lowville, do you corroborate Major Murdell’s assertion? [Henry looks at Reginald. Henry is silent.]
Reg. Speak, Henry!
Hen. [Aside.] Must I speak? [After a pause, to Morrell.] I do!
Mor. [To Reginald.] What was the nature of the rupture?
Reg. I decline to answer.