You dare to stand there and say that to me? It’s incredible—after all I’ve done for you—after all we’ve been to each other. Love! You don’t know what it means. You’ve lied to me—all these months. It’s contemptible—humiliating. Get out of my sight!
Tom
[Turning and going upstairs]
Very well.
Florence
[Suddenly realizing that he is gone]
Tom—Tom—come back—come back!——
[She runs upstairs after him. Nicky at last stops playing and lets his hands drop from the keys.]
Curtain