Florence

[Dully]

I don’t know what to do.

Nicky

It’s your life, and you’ve lived it as you’ve wanted to live it—that’s fair——

Florence

Yes—yes.

Nicky

You’ve wanted love always—passionate love, because you were made like that. It’s not your fault—it’s the fault of circumstances and civilization; civilization makes rottenness so much easier. We’re utterly rotten—both of us——

Florence