A mere sin of omission, which even now it is not too late to repair. I am a young man still——
LADY WARGRAVE.
Young man?
COLONEL.
Comparatively. And everything in the world is comparative. What cannot be undone in the past can at least be avoided in the future.
LADY WARGRAVE.
What is the matter with you, Theodore? You have suddenly become quite a moral martinet, and have developed such a severity of aspect that I scarcely know my own brother.
COLONEL [aside].
Shall I tell her? Dare I? Courage!
LADY WARGRAVE.