Can't you wait, dear?
Jean
He never asked me to, Helen.
Helen
He would, if you let him.
Jean
It wouldn't be fair. It takes so long to get started. Everything costs so much. Why, nowadays, men in the professions, unless they have private means, can't marry until nearly forty. When Bob is forty I'll be forty, Helen.
Helen
Ah, but when a girl really cares!
Jean