Ernest
Thank God I didn't! For while we worked there together I came to know you as few men ever know the women they desire. Woman can be more than sex, as man is more than sex. And all this makes man and woman not less but more overwhelmingly desirable and necessary to each other, and makes both things last—not for a few years, but forever!
[Sound of voices approaching from the garden. The lovers separate. It is Jean and Rex, Rex laughing, Jean dodging until caught and kissed.
Jean
No, no—it's time to dress.... Be good, Rex—don't!
[Without seeing Helen and Ernest, they disappear into the house. Helen is suddenly changed, as if awakened from a spell of enchantment.
Helen
What have we done! This is all moonlight and madness. To-morrow comes the clear light of day.
Ernest
Ah, but we'll love each other to-morrow!