OCEANA. That I would never do it. "Never feel an emotion," he would say, "that you could not stop feeling if you wished to."
HENRY. But, sweetheart... why so much distrust? Why should we wait, when everything in us cries out against it?
OCEANA. Don't say that to me now, Hal!
HENRY. But why not?
OCEANA. This is not the time for such a thought. You know it!
HENRY. Dearest...
OCEANA. [Passionately.] Ah, don't put it all on me! Don't make it too hard for me!
HENRY. But if I only knew...
OCEANA. You will know before long. Ah, Hal, see how I'm situated. I've broken all the laws. I've no precedent to help me... I have to work it all out for myself. I shall have to bear the scorn of the world; and oh, think if I had to bear the scorn of my own conscience! Don't you see?
HENRY. Yes, I see. But...