Jack
[Sinks into chair. He is defeated]. No.
Sara
[Leans over him]. And yet you came ... you came home ... and you was singing with the choir....
Jack
Yes, I came home....
[There is a silence].
Sara
[Her voice sings a hymn of sacrifice]. It’s enough. I didn’t know until today how different your life is from your papa’s, from mine. I didn’t understand that by you being a ragtime singer is like by your papa being a Cantor.... Jakie—do what is in your heart.... Always you can come back to me. I’m your mama.... But if you sing tonight and God ain’t in your heart, your Papa he’ll know.... All his life your papa loved God and the truth. Maybe if I tell your papa, he will understand....
Jack