TENNANT. Can’t say I am.
MAGGIE. [sighing and looking admiringly at him.] I should be wild, absolutely wild, if I were going.
TENNANT. I’m going to chance it, you know. There’s no fortune waiting for me.
MAGGIE. That’s the point of it. You know it’s awfully unsettling, all this talk about Australia. You’ve made me so dissatisfied. I don’t feel I can go back to the shop.
TENNANT. [easily.] You’ll get over that.
MAGGIE. Oh, I suppose so.
LILY enters with toast and puts it down beside him.
TENNANT. [turning.] Please don’t bring anything else, Mrs. Wilson. I can’t eat it.
LILY. But it’s such a journey to the boat.
TENNANT. Oh, that’s nothing—besides, I’ve got these sandwiches. [Laying his hand on the package near him.]