Phil. No—but I cannot grasp it! Am I awake, or am I dreaming? I have such strange dreams.
Sir P. You are awake—and for the first time in your life. Till to-day, you have been living in a dream.
Phil. My father was a widower, when he married my mother? Why did he not say so? Why did he change his name?
Sir P. Because he was not a widower.
Phil. Not a widower!
Sir P. Because his first wife was alive——
Phil. Alive! (leaning well forward)
Sir P. There is the certificate of her death—twenty years later.
(Philip takes it, looks at it blankly, drops back into seat.)
Phil. (after a short pause) Incredible!