BISHOP. He said I was dishonest.
LAURA. If in some way I could return to him his lovely vanity. When he had no job, he had no thought of me--none--none....
BISHOP. What is there left for him to believe in, when even I, his father ...
LAURA. Oh don't! It was my fault. Don't blame yourself. And anyway, the only thing that matters is Ken. Don't you see?
BISHOP. You're right, my child.
LAURA. He's so crushed! And that despair that shuts me out! Why is it? Why is it that a woman loves a man most when he has nothing--and he wants her only when he has everything else? What's going to happen to us?
BISHOP. Everything will be all right, my child. Kenneth has suffered a bitter blow to his pride. But he'll sober up and resign himself to the situation.
LAURA. Resign himself?
BISHOP. We must make him see that that is the only thing to do.
LAURA. But is it? Is there no hope of a real position?