The Unknown; A Play in Three Acts

by W. Somerset Maugham

Sylvia.

But it’s no trouble. You know I love doing things for you.

[She goes out.

Mrs. Wharton.

Everybody’s so very kind in this world. It makes one feel humble.... George and I have been married for five and thirty years. He never said a cross word to me. He was always gentle and considerate. I daresay I was very troublesome now and then, but he was never impatient with me.

Mrs. Littlewood.

Is it true that John and Sylvia are not going to be married after all?

Mrs. Wharton.

I’m afraid so.