resignation resentful of itself. He is dressed immaculately in dark tweed.
Nina
[Thinking]
I wonder if there’s a draft in the baby’s room? . . . maybe I’d better close the window? . . . oh, I guess it’s all right . . . he needs lots of fresh air . . . little Gordon . . . he does remind me of Gordon . . . something in his eyes . . . my romantic imagination? . . . Ned said that . . . why hasn’t Ned ever written? . . . it’s better he hasn’t . . . how he made me suffer ! . . . but I forgive him . . . he gave me my baby . . . the baby certainly doesn’t look like him . . . everyone says he looks like Sam . . . how absurd! . . . but Sam makes a wonderful father . . . he’s become a new man in the past year . . . and I’ve helped him . . . he asks me about everything . . . I have a genuine respect for him now . . . I can give myself without repulsion . . . I am making him happy . . . I’ve written his mother I’m making him happy . . . I was proud to be able to write her that . . . how queerly things work out! . . . all for the best . . . and I don’t feel wicked . . . I feel good . . .
[She smiles strangely]
Marsden
[Thinking]
What a change! . . . the last time I was here the air was poisoned . . . Darrell . . . I was sure he was her lover . . . but I was in a morbid state . . . why did Darrell run away? . . . Nina could have got Sam to divorce her if she really loved Darrell . . . then it’s evident she couldn’t have loved him . . . and she was going to have
