"If you were going on the stage, it would have been well to be thinking of it even sooner. Have you had any experience?"
"No, except knowing an actor."
"And you're counting on his help?"
"Yes. I think I'd better marry him."
Jacob Johnson looked at her in silence. "You love him?" he asked at last.
"A—pretty well."
Her companion shook his head, smilingly. "Is he famous?"
"No. He says his chance has never really come."
"Young?"
"Oh, no."