"You told Robert that it was his job to make Cora happy. You did that."
"Yes, Patrick."
"You don't like Cora."
"No, I don't. But I still think that Robert could be content with her. Surely not happy, but content."
"Violet, just like me, you know that he could be very happy with her if he finally admitted to himself how much she means to him."
"I am not sure how much she means to him. But we can't have her unhappy. Imagine the scandal. First he marries an American and then that marriage goes down the drain before the heir has been born."
"Violet, do you ever think about anything else?"
"Sometimes. But you remember how long it took us to finally have an heir. And we didn't get married out of convenience. Robert married Cora for her money, but they still need an heir, no matter how little they might like..."
"It is not for a lack of trying that it hasn't happened yet."
"How do you know?"
"Rosamund assured me of that."
"Rosamund? What does she have to do with it?"
"I don't really know, but I think she and Cora are closer than we might think."
"So that American has charmed both our children now."
"You admit that she has charmed Robert then."
"Patrick"
"Yes dear?"
"I, I don't know."
"You are lost for words. I have to write that down. You are never lost for words."
"Hardly ever. I was when you told me you loved me for the first time."
"Yes. I thought you were never going to say it back."
"You know how difficult that is for me."
"I do. And it doesn't matter."
"But you know I do."
"Of course. I knew then and I know now. And it makes me very happy because I love you too."
"Good."