Then she followed me to ... to your sister-in-law's. And she came up and made another scene. Then I lost my head. I was so furious, I don't know what I said. I was mad. I told her I'd have nothing more to do with her.... Oh, I can't bear it, I can't bear it.
[He breaks down and hides his face in his hands,
sobbing.
John.
Come, Basil—pull yourself together a bit.
Basil.
[Looking up despairingly.] I can hear her voice now. I can see the look of her eyes. She asked me to give her another chance, and I refused. It was so pitiful to hear the way she appealed to me, only I was mad, and I couldn't feel it.
[Fanny comes in with the cup of tea, which
Basil silently takes and drinks.
Fanny.
[To John.] He ain't slept a wink all night, sir.... No more 'ave I, for the matter of that.
[John nods, but does not answer; and Fanny,
wiping her eyes with her apron, leaves the
room.