[Sits with his head between his hands, staring at vacancy; Mrs. Sylvester watching him sympathetically.

MRS. SYLVESTER [comes and kneels by him].

Gerald! [He starts slightly.] You are not happy. You have realized the truth.

GERALD.

What truth?

MRS. SYLVESTER.

Your marriage was a mistake from the beginning.

GERALD.

Not from the beginning. It started right enough, but somehow it has taken the wrong turn.