Broken Hearts

After seeing each other at Whitehall, Lorna summons John to her new home with Earl Brandier.

John "My Lady Dugal."

Lorna "Won't you call me Lorna?"

John "If you command it."

Lorna "Command?"

They walk outside on the terrace.

Lorna "There's no place for commands between old friends."

John "I had thought we were a little more than friends, once."

Lorna "No more so than me. Perhaps we were both mistaken."

John "So it seems. Well, I see you have a fine house now."

Lorna "It belongs to my uncle, Earl Brandier."

John "Why did you send for me?"

Lorna "I thought you might want to see me again."

John "There was a time when I would have given anything to be by your side."

Lorna "And now?"

John "Why wish for something that can only cause me pain.?"

Lorna "If my presence so offends you, maybe you should leave."

John walks away and down the steps.

Lorna "John, how can you be so cruel?"

John "You break my heart, then accuse me of cruelty!"

Lorna "I waited so long for some answer to my letters. All those terrible days and months and not a single word from you."

John "You wrote to me?"

Lorna "Dozens of times."

John "Nothing ever came! And all my letters to you were returned."

Lorna "What letters? You send these to me?"

John "Faithfully."

Lorna "Then what happened? Gwenny? Gwenny, tell me you sent my letters?"

Gwenny "You couldn't be some common farmer's wife. Not now that you're a fine lady. It's the way of the world. High don't mix with low."

Lorna "Do you know how much pain you've caused?"

Gwenny "I only did it for the best."

Lorna "Leave us.. I'll decide what to do with you later. You should have known I could never do such a thing to you."

John "I didn't know what to think."

Lorna "Will you never see how much I love you?"

(Later)

John "I have a death sentence hanging over me, and even if Jeffreys doesn't kill me, the Doones probably will."

Lorna "You'll be safe I know it."

John "Any case, we both know the king will never let you marry a man without status or title.

Lorna "I am sure fate will provide for us, somehow."