"And you?"
"I shall stay here—I think."
"You may join him?"
"It depends"—he looked at her—"upon you."
He could put a wonderful amount of meaning into a slight inflection. She struggled—not in vain—to keep from changing expression.
"You realize now that the career is quite hopeless?" said he.
She did not answer.
"You do not like the stage life?"
"No."
"And the stage life does not like you?"