“Not yet. . . . I thought I’d better see you first.”
“All right. Tell them that I’m married and have become a rogue and a vagabond.”
“You’re not going on with this?”
“I am.”
“Don’t be a fool. Your wife’s perfectly charming. There’s nothing against her.”
“That’s had nothing to do with it. I’m going on for my own satisfaction. I’ve spent half my life in teaching. I want to spend the rest of it in learning.”
“From play-actors? Oh! come!”
“My dear Robert, life isn’t at all what you think it is. It isn’t what I thought it was. I’m interested. I’m eager. I’m keen. . . .”
“And mad. . . .”