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.