Bill.

Yes, I suppose they must.

(A pause.)

Clare.

Of course, any one who was at all unprejudiced would see at once the—the higher morality of my decision.

Bill.

The what?

Clare.

The higher morality. Michael has often told me that our pure love and the fact that he does his duty as best he can to his wife are the only things that keep him from suicide....

Bill.