"But you can't be serious! Do you really want me to become a movie actress under your management?"
"You can't think of anything I wouldn't do to persuade you."
"Why not, Mrs. Lee?" Summerlad urged. "It would be great fun for you, and you can't fail, you can't lose anything. If you only knew how inferior most stars are to you in every way...."
"And if you should fail, Cindy," Fanny chimed in—"what does it matter? Who would know? It wouldn't be you, it would be Lucinda Lee."
"No," Lontaine insisted: "I've got a better screen name than that for her. Not Lucinda: Linda Lee."
"Come, Mrs. Lee: say you'll try it on, if only for the lark of it."
"If I should, Mr. Summerlad, it wouldn't be for fun."
"So much the better."
"Then you will?" Lontaine persisted. "Do say yes."
"Let me think...."