JUHASZ—[_Kisses her._] Don’t cry, Adele.... I suppose it had to be ...
but not one woman in a thousand would have acted as you have acted....
There! Lift up your head and smile at me.... You were a good wife to me
... and now you are my very good friend. [_ADELE nods._] Shall I see you
as far as your mother’s house?
ADELE—No.... I’ll take a cab. Good-bye, Peter. [_She nods silently to
OSCAR and passes swiftly through the door. There is a brief pause._]
OSCAR—Only one word more, Peter, about a matter of business, and then we
can shake hands and part. I had a talk with the lawyer to-day——