No, I didn’t know it.... Jack, since you told me about your father I’ve been thinking about you. I can’t get you out of my mind. A son of a Cantor....
Jack
Maybe it’s better that you should get me out of your mind. Maybe it would be better if I got you out of my mind.... Since Yudelson was here, I got a different slant on everything.... Yudelson and me, Dillings and you.... We’re far apart. We’re worlds apart. [He is now standing by the wash-basin filing a small bowl of water, and he moves slowly back to the dressing table carefully balancing the water.]
Mary
You don’t have to worry about Randolph. I’m not like him.
Jack
Well, you’re certainly not like me.... I know what you’re figuring. I’m a rough diamond—you’ll get me and polish me. Well, it’ll never happen. I’m going to be what I am all my life. And you’re going to be what you are.
Mary
[Slowly]. Then why did you say you loved me?