SCOLLARD
Anna and myself have been talking things over, Mrs. Crilly.
ANNA
And we don't want to begin life in a poor way.
SCOLLARD
We see the advantage of being always solvent, Mrs. Crilly.
ANNA
James has ambitions, and there's no reason why he shouldn't
venture for the post of Secretary of the County Council when old
Mr. Dobbs retires.
SCOLLARD In a few years, Mrs. Crilly, when I had more official experience and some reputation.
ANNA
Then he would have seven or eight hundred a year.
SCOLLARD As I said, a man like myself would want to be in a perfectly solvent position.
ANNA
Besides, James has no money of his own.
SCOLLARD
I never had the chance of putting money by—Family calls,
Mrs. Crilly.
ANNA
And we don't want to begin life in a poor way.