(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?