OCEANA. Freddy!
FREDDY. [Sobbing incoherently.] Oceana! I can't stand it!
OCEANA. Why... what's the matter?
FREDDY. I love you! I love you! I can't live without you! I can't give you up... Oceana, have mercy on me!
OCEANA. [Gravely.] Freddy! This won't do! No... let go of me, please! You must control yourself.
FREDDY. Don't send me away! How can you be so cruel to me?
OCEANA. But, Freddy, I have told you that I don't love you. [She stands, thinking.] Give me my robe. Now, come sit down here, and listen to me. I am going away, Freddy, and you won't see me any more. And that is for the best... for you must get me out of your mind. I don't love you, Freddy.
FREDDY. And you never would love me?
OCEANA. Never.
FREDDY. But why not... why not?