Claude.
He only goes because he’s headstrong and obstinate. He’s the Somersetshire peasant all over. You do your best for them and you get no gratitude. You try to reason with them, but you can’t get a single idea into their thick heads.
Grace.
You can’t punish him because he’s stupid and dull. You’re throwing him upon the world in his old age. It means starvation.
Claude.
You must know that I’m only doing it because I think it’s my duty.
Grace.
[Impatiently.] Oh, men always talk of their duty when they want to be odiously cruel.
Claude.
Grace, how can you be so unkind to me?