THE DAUGHTER. They can be adjusted.
THE LAWYER. And if we tire of it?
THE DAUGHTER. Then come the children and bring with them a diversion that remains for ever new.
THE LAWYER. You, you will take me, poor and ugly, scorned and rejected?
THE DAUGHTER. Yes—let us unite our destinies.
THE LAWYER. So be it then!
Curtain.
[1] Though the author says nothing about it here, subsequent stage directions indicate a door and a window behind the place occupied by THE PORTRESS. Both lead into her room or lodge, which contains a telephone.
[2] A floating wooden box with holes in it used to hold fish.
An extremely plain room inside THE LAWYER's office. To the right, a big double bed covered by a canopy and curtained in. Next to it, a window. To the left, an iron heater with cooking utensils on top of it. CHRISTINE is pasting paper strips along the cracks of the double windows. In the background, an open door to the office. Through the door are visible a number of poor clients waiting for admission.