ELSIE (away from him). I suppose at your age it's natural to be cynical about marriage and pretend it's nothing to do with love. And then of course when you were young it used to be the fashion to mock at marriage. We take our duties to society seriously to-day.
AUSTIN. Are you proposing to marry Jack from a sense of duty?
ELSIE (wistfully). You'll be awfully proud of your grandchildren, father. They'll be most beautiful babies.
AUSTIN. You look ahead, young woman.
ELSIE. It's just as well I do. You're still worrying about a thing I settled weeks ago.
AUSTIN. Then why didn't you tell me weeks ago?
ELSIE. I hadn't told Jack then.
(Wells opens door, and enters with Jack, whose arm is in a splint and sling.)
WELLS (entering). You'd better go straight home now. Never mind about the match. I want you to avoid excitement for a awhile.
JACK. The match doesn't excite me.