“It must be wonderful to be poor.”
“How do you mean? You’ve never been poor in all your life. So how can you tell?”
“But poor people are always much happier than rich people on the cinema. The cinema used to be the only way I had to see life.”
“But what do you think of scrubbing floors all day, and of cooking food, and of having to look after your father who is ill, and all that?”
“Yes, at least he thinks he is.”
“I’m sorry. But you won’t always be poor?”
“As far as I can see.”
“But one day a fairy prince may spirit you away to a place of luxury. Think of it.”
“Gracious, no! Why should he?”