(Exit)
Young Man
(Remains standing. Then he sits down on the couch. He smiles reflectively, and says to himself) Now, at last, I have an affair with a respectable woman.
THE YOUNG WIFE AND THE HUSBAND
A comfortable bedroom. It is half past ten at night. The Wife is lying abed and reading. The Husband enters the room in a dressing gown.
Young Wife
(Without looking up) You have stopped working?