How can you be so hard? It’s the last wish he’ll ever have in the world. It’s your last chance of showing your love for him. Oh, John, show a little mercy to his weakness!
John.
But, Sylvia, it would be blasphemous.
Sylvia.
What are you talking about? You don’t believe. To you it’s merely an idle ceremony. What can it matter to you if you go through a meaningless form?
John.
I’ve been a Christian too long. I have a hundred generations of Christianity behind me.
Sylvia.
You never hesitated at coming to church when we were going to be married.
John.