THIRD GIRL (going to Ellen) There would be little change in that. And isn't it a life altogether different from this life that we have been longing for? To be doing other work, and to be meeting strange people. And instead of bare roads and market-towns, to be seeing streets, and crowds, and theaters.
ELLEN (passionately) O what do you know about streets and theaters? You have only heard of them. They are finer than anything you could say. They are finer than anything you could think of, after a story, when you'd be A GIRL You'll be going after all, Ellen.
ELLEN
I won't be going.
FIRST GIRL
Well, maybe you'll be down at Gilroy's. We must go now.
The girls go to the door. Ellen goes with them.
ONE OF THE BOYS Phil said that an egg was all he could touch while he was on the sea.
SECOND BOY
God help us, if that was all Phil could take.
THIRD BOY
Light your pipes now, and we'll go.
Ellen has parted with the girls. The boys light their pipes at fire.
They go to door, and shake hands with Ellen. The boys go out.
ELLEN Theaters! What do they know of theaters? And it's their like will be enjoying them.