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[With a cry of pain]

Ned!

[Thinking exultingly at first]

She loves me! she’s forgotten Gordon! I’m happy! do I love her? no! I won’t! I can’t! think what it would mean to Sam! to my career! be objective about it! you guinea pig! I’m her doctor and Sam’s  I prescribed child for them  that’s all there is to it!

[Torn between hope and fear]

What is he thinking? he’s fighting his love oh, my lover!

[Again with longing]

Ned!

[Putting on his best professional air, going to her]

How do you feel today? You look as if you might have a little fever.

[He takes her hand as if to feel her pulse]

[''Her hand closes over his. She looks up into his face. He keeps his turned away'']

[Straining up toward him—with intense longing—thinking]

I love you! take me! what do I care for anything in the world but you! let Sam die!