Dean.
Then I shall require two things of you. Firstly, that you break off these relations with young O’Farrel.
Lady Patricia.
I have determined on that already. I won’t speak of the suffering it will cause me. I have merited suffering and will bear it in silence. But when I think of him——! My poor, poor boy! What is to become of him without me?... Oh, you are his mother—can you devise no means of softening this blow for him?
Mrs. O’Farrel.
(Reverently.) I think we may safely leave that in the hands of Providence.
Dean.
I quite share your opinion. Secondly, Lady Patricia, I wish you to tell your husband everything.
Lady Patricia.