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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: distressed me. You look changed, Amanda, and fagged. And your hair
is untidy. It's as if something had happened to you and made you a
stranger. . . . You two people are lovers. Very natural and
simple, but I want to get out of it. Yes, I want to get out of it.
That wasn't quite my idea, but now I see it is. It's queer, but on
the whole I feel sorry for you. All of us, poor humans--. There's
reason to be sorry for all of us. We're full of lusts and
uneasiness and resentments that we haven't the will to control.
What do you two people want me to do to you? Would you like a
divorce, Amanda? It's the clean, straight thing, isn't it? Or
would the scandal hurt you?"
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