THE LAWYER. Yes.
THE DAUGHTER. Is it true that the poor cannot bathe in the sea?
THE LAWYER. Yes. Not even with their clothes on. None but those who intend to take their own lives escape being fined. And those are said to get a good drubbing at the police station.
THE DAUGHTER. But can they not go outside of the city, out into the country, and bathe there?
THE LAWYER. There is no place for them—all the land is fenced in.
THE DAUGHTER. But I mean in the free, open country.
THE LAWYER. There is no such thing—it all belongs to somebody.
THE DAUGHTER. Even the sea, the great, vast sea——
THE LAWYER. Even that! You cannot sail the sea in a boat and land anywhere without having it put down in writing and charged for. It is lovely!
THE DAUGHTER. This is not paradise.