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.