Grace.

[With deep feeling.] It might have made all the difference.

Claude.

If I wanted children it was chiefly because I thought you’d be happier. You wouldn’t have minded the dull life down here then. And you might have cared a bit more for me because I was their father.

Grace.

It all comes back to me, doesn’t it? I’m in all your thoughts always.

Claude.

D’you mind?

Grace.

I’m so ashamed.