Rafael, I can't be the cause of his death! Don't tell him, Rafael! I will try to live on—as we are.
Rafael.
Live on as we are, with this doubt in your heart? You have said I dared not face poverty for your sake. Such a doubt must be killed at any cost. I won't have it coming back to you to mar your faith in me in after years. No; there's no question of my not telling him; there's only the question of how to tell him.
Rosa.
Rafael, I would rather you wouldn't! I have been selfish; I forgot about your father; I forgot about your music.
Rafael.
My father will probably speak first of Rebecca. I shall say: "No, father, I will marry no woman I do not love." Then that will be settled; my father will let the matter drop. Then I shall tell him about you. Either he will be violent or he will ask me a few questions between his teeth, such as: "How much money have you?"
Rosa.
Nothing!