"Do you remember how I kissed you when I went to school?"
"Yes."
"And the night that Nicky died?"
"Yes."
"I've been sleeping in that room, because it was yours."
"Have you? Did you love me then, that night?"
"Yes. But I didn't know I did. And then Father's death came and stopped it."
"I know. I know."
"Anne, what a brute I was to you. Can you ever forgive me?"
"I forgave you long ago."