Roger

Afraid I wouldn't understand? Why, I understood only too well. It was mother that wouldn't have understood. I'd have cut my hand off rather than tell her.

Margaret

Well, she did understand. She understood better than you did. She understood that part of him hadn't grown up. He was like a boy. He just walked into things....

Roger

How did he ever come to tell her?

Margaret

Once when he was sick. Your mother was taking care of him. He blurted it all out, like a homesick boy.

Roger

And she understood? Didn't break her heart, and all that?