You’ve said it often enough.

Grace.

[Slowly.] I wonder if I just said it to persuade myself. My heart’s empty! Empty! I know now that it wasn’t love I felt for you.

Cobbett.

It’s rather late in the day to have found that out, isn’t it?

Grace.

[Bitterly.] Yes, that’s just it. It’s late in the day for everything.... Here they are.

[A sound of talking is heard as Edith Lewis approaches with Helen Vernon and Claude.

Claude.

[At the window.] I found them on their way back.