MAGGIE. You’re getting over it already!
CHARLEY. What else can I do? I—I—shall settle down.
MAGGIE. Settle down! Charley—why should you? I’ve refused to settle down. Why can’t you?
CHARLEY. What do you mean? What’s it got to do with you?
MAGGIE. [triumphantly.] I’ve refused to marry Walter.
CHARLEY. [surprised, but not particularly interested.] What on earth for?
MAGGIE. It was all through Mr. Tennant—
CHARLEY. Tennant? You’re—
MAGGIE. [impatiently.] Oh, dear, NO. I’m not pining for him. But I found out, when there was all this talk about Mr. Tennant, that I was marrying Walter, because I wanted to be safe and was afraid of risk. Then I made up my mind I wouldn’t do that. I tell you because—if a girl can risk things—surely a man—