But
since you and Harry and Elizabeth and ten million other people bolster
each other up, why do you especially need me?
ADELAIDE: (_not unkindly_) We don't need you as much as you need us.
CLAIRE: (_a wry face_) I never liked what I needed.
HARRY: I am convinced I am the worst thing in the world for you, Claire.
CLAIRE: (_with a smile for his tactics, but shaking her head_) I'm
afraid you're not. I don't know--perhaps you are.
ADELAIDE: Well, what is it you want, Claire?
CLAIRE: (_simply_) You wouldn't know if I told you.
ADELAIDE: That's rather arrogant.
HARRY: Yes, take a chance, Claire. I have been known to get an idea--and
Adelaide quite frequently gets one.
CLAIRE: (_the first resentment she has shown_) You two feel very
superior, don't you?
ADELAIDE: I don't think we are the ones who are feeling superior.
CLAIRE: Oh, yes, you are. Very superior to what you think is my feeling
of superiority, comparing my--isolation with your 'heart of humanity'.
Soon we will speak of the beauty of common experiences, of the--Oh, I
could say it all before we come to it.
HARRY: Adelaide came up here to help you, Claire.
CLAIRE: Adelaide came up here to lock me in. Well, she can't do it.
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