It breaks my heart to hear you speak like that. Believe me, our son will get well. It wouldn't be just if the young were to die before the old, would it?
MAN
Just? Where have you ever seen justice, wife?
WIFE
Please, dear husband, I beg you, kneel down beside me, and let us both pray to God.
MAN
It's hard for an old man to bend his old knees.
WIFE
Bend them. You should—you must.