3. I Know It's Over
'I know it is over! Oh Violet, I will never clear those debts of mine. I will be lucky indeed if they don't land me in gaol.' John Scott Grayson paced around the room, from time to time glancing with desperation at a young woman sitting on a sofa.
'John, please, calm down.'
'I cannot, my dear. I cannot.'
Suddenly he kneeled down in front of her and grasped her hands. 'Violet, that uncle of yours, that rich old man... He likes you and he has no children of his own. Perhaps he would be amenable to...?' a faint and a little shameful hope appeared in the man's eyes.
'John,' the woman put her hand to her lips, 'I truly... do not know.'