But you cannot accomplish anything by hysterics.
LETITIA. Oh, oh, oh!
OCEANA. And you had best believe me; you injure your case by refusing
to act rationally.
LETITIA. [Looks up, frightened.] What do you want with me?
OCEANA. [Quietly.] In the first place, Letitia, I want to convey to
you the information that your husband's relationship and mine has so
far been what you would call innocent.
LETITIA. What?
OCEANA. I was a virgin when I came to Boston, and I am a virgin still.
LETITIA, And you expect me to believe that?
OCEANA. My dear, I don't care in the least whether you believe it or
not.
LETITIA. [Faintly.] But . . .
OCEANA. What reason would I have to fear you? He is mine, if I want
him.
LETITIA. [Dazed.] Then what . . . why are you here? Why . . .
OCEANA. I came here because I wished to get acquainted with him. And
what chance have a man and woman to get acquainted with each other in
the conventional world?
LETITIA. [Stares at her; then, faintly.] But what . . .
OCEANA. I wished to try him out . . . in body, mind and soul. I wished
to know if he was the man for me.
LETITIA. [Rushes to Henry.] Oh! Have you no decency left? Have you no
mercy on me? What has come over you?
HENRY. Letitia . . .
OCEANA. Let me attend to this, Hal.
LETITIA. Hal!
OCEANA. That a woman could be married to a man for six years and
continue to call him Henry, speaks volumes for the romance of their
relationship!
LETITIA.
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