Sir G. What does that put an end to?
Philip. Everything.
Sir G. What, friendship?
Philip. Well——
Sir G. You said friendship.
Philip. Yes.
Sir G. Does marriage put an end to friendship? I hope not.
Philip. Of course it doesn’t, but——
Sir G. That friendship must be put an end to. Philip, you are the son of an old comrade, and I believe that, if you start fair, you will make an admirable husband. But you must start fair, or you won’t. I don’t ask you to bring to me a spotless character—a history without a speck or flaw; all I ask—and on that I insist—is that you shall begin your future life unhampered by the past.
Philip. What would you have me do?