Act II

You thought just now that I was joking. Couldn’t you see that all my flippancy was only a mask, hiding my real emotions⁠—crushing them down desperately⁠—?

But, David, I⁠—

I knew it! The time has come for the dividing of the ways.

What on earth do you mean?

I mean that I am not the sort of woman to hold a man against his will.

You’re both making a mountain out of a molehill. David doesn’t love me madly, and I don’t love him. It’s⁠—

Ssshhh!⁠—you dodo love him. I can see it in your eyes⁠—in your every gesture. David, I give you to her⁠—freely and without rancour. We must all be good friends, always.

Judith, do you mean this?

You know I do.