AUSTIN (earnestly). Elsie, I've set my heart on seeing you happy. My future's black. I see no future for myself at all, but I hoped that this one satisfaction would be granted me. You wanted Jack.
ELSIE. Yes, but——
AUSTIN. Do you still want him?
ELSIE. He's got a mother.
AUSTIN. Never mind her. Do you want him?
ELSIE. Yes. By himself.
AUSTIN. Very well. Metherell, do you want her?
JACK. My mother doesn't want me to want her.
AUSTIN. No. But do you?
JACK. It's like this——