Grace.
[Deeply moved.] Not many women can say that, can they? One ought to be very grateful.
Claude.
D’you remember the first time I ever saw you?
Grace.
[Looking away from him.] I wonder you didn’t marry Helen Vernon years before you came across me.
Claude.
Hang it all, why on earth should I have done that!
Grace.
Your mother was very anxious that you should.