Professor Leeds
[His face clouding]
Yes, I suppose you found everything completely changed since before the war.
[He thinks resentfully]
The war . . . Gordon! . . .
Marsden
Europe has “gone west”—
[He smiles whimsically]
to America, let’s hope!
[Then frowningly]
I couldn’t stand it. There were millions sitting up with the corpse already, who had a family right to be there—
[Then matter-of-factly]
I was wasting my time, too. I couldn’t write a line.
[Then gaily]
But where’s Nina? I must see Nina!
Professor Leeds
She’ll be right in. She said she wanted to finish thinking something out— You’ll find Nina changed, Charlie, greatly changed!
[He sighs—thinking with a trace of guilty alarm]
The first thing she said at breakfast . . . “I dreamed of Gordon” . . . as if she wanted to taunt me! . . . how absurd! . . . her eyes positively glared! . . .
[Suddenly blurting out resentfully]
She dreams about Gordon.
Marsden
[Looking at him with amused surprise]
Well, I’d hardly call that a change, would you?
