"You wish to become an actress?"
"I do wish that." Eveline laid a stress on the last word.
"From ambition?"
"I cannot say so. If I were ambitious I should be more diligent. I want my freedom. I don't want my wings clipped. I like to feel I can use them as I choose."
"That is rather a dangerous experiment for any one so young and pretty as you are."
"One never falls so low that one cannot rise again."
"Where did you learn that?"
"From what I see every day."
"You are resolved to leave me?"
"I am—I am—I am!" Eveline repeated these words impatiently.