"I can't see why we need go into the question. Everybody has a right to his own opinion."
"I wish all the world could see the truth of that axiom. But perhaps some people also have a right to ask the opinions of some others."
"Not mine!"
"My dear Jean! When I have known you from babyhood!"
"But if I can't say what you would like—"
"Then say what I shall not like."
Another break.
"After all, there's no need. I can understand your view of the matter. For years I have counted myself definitely called to East-End work, and dedicated to it, so far as I might choose, for the best years of my life. And you have felt with me. Yes, I have been sure of your sympathy . . . But one is not always allowed to do what one likes best! . . . What if I am now definitely called away to other work?"
"It must be difficult to feel sure."
"Indications are pretty clear sometimes . . . The oddest part of the matter is that I shall be looked upon as choosing the easy and luxurious path—as giving up hardship for the sake of comfort."