LILY. If he’d been out of work, it would have been so very different.
MAGGIE. That would have spoilt the whole thing. I admire his pluck.
LILY. Well, he’s got no one depending on him, so he will suffer alone.
MAGGIE. You’re not very encouraging, Lil. I have heard of a married man doing the same.
CHAR. [quickly.] Who was that?
LILY. How very foolish!
MAGGIE. Oh, he was already out of work.
LILY. That is different—although even then—
MAGGIE. His wife went to live with her people again and he went out to the Colonies and made a home for her.
LILY. [sceptically.] How did he do that?