DOCTOR. Because at a certain age they have all paid their toll. The prettiest girl in the world can give all she has, not what she has no longer. That is what you will tell your sons.
GEORGE. But do you mean that I can have children?
DOCTOR. Certainly.
GEORGE. Healthy ones?
DOCTOR. Perfectly healthy. I repeat: if you take proper and reasonable care of yourself for the necessary length of time, you have little to fear.
GEORGE. Is that certain?
DOCTOR. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred.
GEORGE. Then I shall be able to marry?
DOCTOR. You will be able to marry.
GEORGE. You’re not deceiving me, are you? You wouldn’t give me false hopes? You wouldn’t—How soon shall I be able to marry?