The Chalk Garden

[last lines]

Mrs. St. Maugham: [on the verge of tears] Is it a crime to want to be remembered?

Miss Madrigal: No. The Pharaohs built the pyramids for that reason.

Mrs. St. Maugham: What do women do in my case?

Miss Madrigal: It wouldn't hurt to go on gardening.

Mrs. St. Maugham: Have I've a muddle of my garden... and my heart? Will Olivia forgive me?

Miss Madrigal: In time, perhaps.

Mrs. St. Maugham: Would you stay with me? Would you?

Miss Madrigal: I'll stay... as long as I'm wanted. You know, we could make this place so full of life - a good life - and people would come from everywhere to see us. What do you think?

Mrs. St. Maugham: I must know one thing.

Miss Madrigal: What's that?

Mrs. St. Maugham: Did you do it?

Miss Madrigal: What many learned men at the top of their profession couldn't find out after a long, long trial. Why should you know.

Mrs. St. Maugham: Forty years ago, I should have said the same thing, but I warn you, before I die, I'll find out.

[the two walk off together]