Lucy.
I hope they'll be very happy. They're very much in love with one another.
Alec.
[Bitterly.] And is that a reason for marrying? Surely love is the worst possible foundation for marriage. Love creates illusions, and marriages destroy them. True lovers should never marry.
Lucy.
Will you open the window? It seems stifling here.
Alec.
Certainly. [From the window.] You can't think what a joy it is to look upon London for the last time. I'm so thankful to get away.
[Lucy gives a little sob and Alec turns to the
window. He wants to wound her and yet
cannot bear to see her suffer.
Alec.