"It's not the place for you—for my wife that is to be."
"But we're not to be married for a long time, you say."
"I'm a poor man, dear—I have enough for one, not enough for two. It may be only weeks, it may be months or years before my work begins to pay."
"But meantime I must live—support myself, somehow."
"You will leave that to me?"
"I must do something—be independent—"
"Won't you leave it all to me? I will arrange everything—"
"I'll do whatever you wish me to."
"And forget the stage—?"
"I don't know—I'll try, Jack."