Lona. What right have you to stand where you are standing?
And subsequently (p. 70):
Lona. A lie, then, has made you the man you now are?
Bernick. Whom did it hurt, then?...
Lona. You ask whom it hurt? Look into yourself, and see if it has not hurt you.
Bernick then examines himself, and shortly before his confession there takes place a highly edifying dialogue between him and the severe guardian of his conscience (p. 98):
Bernick. Yes, yes, yes; it all comes of the lie....
Lona. Then, why do you not break with all this lying?... What satisfaction does this show and deception give you?
Bernick. ... It is my son I am working for.... There will come a time when truth shall spread through the life of our society, and upon it he shall found a happier life than his father’s.
Lona. With a lie for its groundwork? Reflect what it is you are giving your son for an inheritance.