Grace.
[Going on with her own thoughts.] It would be horrible if that wretched girl were punished while I go scot-free. I can’t let her be turned away like a leper. I should never rest in peace again.
Cobbett.
Claude’s not very fond of going back on his word. He seems to have delivered an ultimatum, and I expect he’ll stick to it.
Grace.
It means so much to me. I feel somehow that if I can only save that poor child it’ll make up in a way—oh, very little—for all the harm I’ve done.... D’you think I’m perfectly absurd?
Cobbett.
Life seems devilish complicated sometimes, doesn’t it?
Grace.
[With a smile.] Devilish.