"Oh, not because there is really any pressing need for me to do so—although, of course, I find it very useful, because …" she felt that it would be best to be quite frank with him … "I could scarcely live on the slender means that I possess."
"What is it, then, that you are actually a teacher of?"
"What! Didn't I tell you that I give piano lessons?"
"Piano lessons? Really? Yes, of course … you used to be very talented. If you hadn't left the Conservatoire when you did … well, of course, you would not have become one of the great pianistes, you know, but for certain things you had quite a pronounced aptitude. For instance, you used to play Chopin and the little things of Schumann very prettily."
"You still remember that?"
"After all, I dare say that you have chosen the better course."
"In what way?"
"Well, if it is impossible to master everything, it is better, no doubt, to get married and have children."
"I have only one child."
He laughed.